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Definition of Adjuvant Therapy

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Updated March 29, 2009

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Definition:

Adjuvant therapy is any treatment that is put to use after another primary treatment in order to offer a better chance at cure.

With prostate cancer, radiation is often used as an adjuvant therapy after radical prostatectomy to increase the chance of cure.

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