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adjuvant therapy

(A-juh-vunt THAYR-uh-pee)

Additional cancer treatment given after the primary treatment to lower the risk that the cancer will come back. Adjuvant therapy may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, or biological therapy.

adjuvant therapy

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