neoadjuvant therapy

noun

any initial treatment for cancer (such as chemotherapy) that shrinks a tumor prior to surgery

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Meanings

nounneoadjuvant therapy (countable and uncountable, plural neoadjuvant therapies)

plural neoadjuvant therapies

  1. countableuncountablemedicineany initial treatment for cancer (such as chemotherapy) that shrinks a tumor prior to surgery
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