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Therapeutics > Drug Therapy

Preferred term

Drug Therapy  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Chemotherapies
  • Chemotherapy
  • Drug Therapies
  • Pharmacotherapies
  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Therapies, Drug
  • Therapy, Drug

Note

  • general only: prefer /drug ther with disease term: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.26; note entry term CHEMOTHERAPY: prefer specific chemical or chemical group, e.g., chemotherapy of lymphoma = LYMPHOMA /drug ther + ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS /ther use, not DRUG THERAPY

Scope note

  • The use of DRUGS to treat a DISEASE or its symptoms. One example is the use of ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS to treat CANCER.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004358

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