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Chemoradiation

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neoadjuvant(medicine) Describing an adjuvant preparation given before a course of treatment.
chemoradiotherapynoun(medicine) A combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy used to treat some cancers
chemoregimennoun(medicine) A chemotherapeutic regimen
chemoresistancenoun(medicine) The resistance of a tumour to chemotherapy.
chemotherapeutic(medicine, oncology) Of or having to do with chemotherapy.
chemosensitizationnoun(medicine) treatment of a tumour with a medication in order to make it more susceptible to radiation treatment
chemoradiosensitisernounA chemoradiosensitive material
chemodrugnounchemotherapy drug
chemonoun(informal) Clipping of chemotherapy. [(medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.]
chemotherapynoun(oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.
cotreatmentnoun(medicine) treatment with two or more agents simultaneously
photochemotherapynoun(medicine) Chemotherapy with the use of a photosensitizing agent and exposure to light.
chemosensitisationnounAlternative form of chemosensitization. [(medicine) treatment of a tumour with a medication in order to make it more susceptible to radiation treatment]
chemoembolisationnounAlternative form of chemoembolization. [(medicine) A form of chemotherapy in which the drug is injected directly into the blood vessels which feed the tumour]
radioaerosolnoun(medicine) An aerosol containing a radioisotope (typically technetium-99m) and a chelating agent
polychemotherapynounChemotherapy involving several different drugs.
quimiotherapynounMisspelling of chemotherapy, typically made by Spanish speakers. [(medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.]
chemoagentnounA chemotherapeutic agent
chemoprotectionnoun(medicine) The protection of healthy tissue from the toxic effects of chemotherapy
mechlorethaminenoun(pharmacology) Alternative form of chlormethine. [(pharmacology) A nitrogen mustard administered by injection in the form of its hydrochloride C₅H₁₁Cl₂N·HCl in the palliative treatment of neoplastic diseases (as Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia).]

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