Adjuvant chemotherapy

Japanese: アジュバント化学療法 - あじゅばんとかがくりょうほう
Adjuvant chemotherapy

… Chemotherapy is used when cancer has spread throughout the body and surgery or radiation therapy is not applicable, or to attack metastatic lesions or prevent metastasis after surgical or radiation therapy. In the latter case, it is called adjuvant chemotherapy. When cancer has spread throughout the body from the beginning, such as in leukemia, chemotherapy is the only treatment. …

*Some of the terms used in this article refer to "adjuvant chemotherapy."

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 化学療法は,癌が全身に広がっていて,外科手術も放射線療法も適用できない場合や,あるいは外科的ないし放射線による治療後に転移巣をたたいたり,転移を予防する目的で行われる。後者の場合をアジュバント化学療法という。白血病のように,最初から癌が全身に広がっている場合は,化学療法だけが治療手段である。…

※「アジュバント化学療法」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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