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Therapeutics > Salvage Therapy

Preferred term

Salvage Therapy  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Salvage Therapies
  • Salvage Treatment
  • Salvage Treatments
  • Therapies, Salvage
  • Therapy, Salvage
  • Treatment, Salvage
  • Treatments, Salvage

Scope note

  • A therapeutic approach, involving chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or surgery, after initial regimens have failed to lead to improvement in a patient's condition. Salvage therapy is most often used for neoplastic diseases.

History note

  • 92

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016879

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