neoadjuvant

Adjective

Meaning

neoadjuvant (not comparable)

(medicine) Describing an adjuvant preparation given before a course of treatment.

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Examples

Neoadjuvant CRT May Improve Survival in Pancreatic CancerResults are preliminary, but patients who received neoadjuvant chemoradiation had better outcomes than did those who had immediate surgery. Source: Internet

In the eBC setting, treatment may be given before surgery (neoadjuvant treatment) to shrink tumours and after surgery (adjuvant treatment) to help prevent the cancer from returning. Source: Internet

The term palliative chemotherapy means something different than terms such as "adjuvant chemotherapy" or "neoadjuvant chemotherapy" but many people are confused by the differences. Source: Internet

Wood, pp. 17-18 * Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is given prior to a local treatment such as surgery, and is designed to shrink the primary tumor. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

neoabietic acid neoaconitine neoadjuvancy neoadjuvant therapy neoadjuvantly neoadventitial