adjuvant therapy
adjuvant therapy · adjuvant therapies
Any secondary treatment for cancer given after the primary treatment in order to…Any secondary treatment for cancer (such as chemotherapy) given after the primary treatment (such as surgery) in order to remove residual microscopic disease
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any secondary treatment for cancer (such as chemotherapy) given after the primary treatment (such as surgery) in order to remove residual microscopic disease
Translations
1 languagesForms
plural: adjuvant therapies| Singular | adjuvant therapy |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedneoadjuvant therapy
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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