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neoadjuvant therapy — in combined modality therapy for cancer, initial use of one modality, such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy, to decrease the tumor burden prior to treatment by another modality, usually surgery. Called also preoperative t. and presurgical t … Medical dictionary
induction therapy — the first therapeutic measure used to treat a disease, especially when combined modality therapy is planned. Called also first line t … Medical dictionary
multimodality therapy — combined modality t … Medical dictionary
Cognitive behavioral therapy — Psychology … Wikipedia
Neutron Capture Therapy of Cancer — Neutron Capture Therapy (NCT) is a noninvasive therapeutic modality for treating locally invasive malignant tumors such as primary brain tumors and recurrent head and neck cancer. It is a two step procedure: first, the patient is injected with a… … Wikipedia
Intraoperative Electron Radiation Therapy — (or IOERT ) is the application of electron radiation directly to the residual tumor or tumor bed during cancer surgery. IOERT has been called precision radiotherapy , as the physician has direct visualization of the tumor, can exclude normal… … Wikipedia
Milieu Therapy — is a form of psychotherapy that involves the use of therapeutic communities. Patients join a group of around 30, for between 9 and 18 months. During their stay, patients are encouraged to take responsibility for themselves and the others within… … Wikipedia
Total body irradiation — (TBI) is a form of radiotherapy used primarily as part of the preparative regimen for haematopoietic stem cell (or bone marrow) transplantation. As the name implies, TBI involves irradiation of the entire body, though in modern practice the lungs … Wikipedia
Precocious puberty — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Precocious puberty ICD10 = ICD10|E|30|1|e|20, ICD10|E|22|8|e|20 ICD9 = ICD9|259.1 OMIM = 176400 DiseasesDB = 10519 MedlinePlus = 001168 eMedicineSubj = ped eMedicineTopic = 1882 MeshID = D011629 Precocious puberty… … Wikipedia
chemoradiotherapy — che·mo·ra·dio·ther·a·py .rād ē ō ther ə pē n treatment that combines chemotherapy and radiotherapy <chemoradiotherapy for advanced esophageal cancer> called also chemoradiation * * * che·mo·ra·dio·ther·a·py (ke″mo ra″de o… … Medical dictionary
