Intensive chemotherapy
| Intensive chemotherapy | |
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| Term | Intensive chemotherapy |
| Short definition | intensive chemotherapy (in-TEN-siv KEE-moh-THAYR-uh-pee) Treatment that uses cancer drugs given in high doses or given over several months to try to stop cancer to cure or induce remission. Intensive chemotherapy is used to treat certain types of cancer, including leukemia and lymphoma, and may be given before a bone marrow or stem cell transplant along with other therapies. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
intensive chemotherapy - (pronounced) (in-TEN-siv KEE-moh-THAYR-uh-pee) Treatment that uses cancer drugs given in high doses or given over several months to try to stop cancer to cure or induce remission. Intensive chemotherapy is used to treat certain types of cancer, including leukemia and lymphoma, and may be given before a bone marrow or stem cell transplant along with other therapies. It can decrease the number of normal blood-forming cells in the bone marrow and cause other serious side effects, which is why it's usually given in a hospital
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