"Salvage Therapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D016879
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.895
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| Concept/Terms |
Salvage Therapy- Salvage Therapy
- Salvage Treatment
- Salvage Treatments
- Treatment, Salvage
- Treatments, Salvage
- Therapy, Salvage
- Salvage Therapies
- Therapies, Salvage
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Salvage Therapy" by people in Profiles.
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Multicenter Comparison of 17-Gene Genomic Prostate Score as a Predictor of Outcomes in African American and Caucasian American Men with Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer. J Urol. 2021 Apr; 205(4):1047-1054.
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Salvage Cryoablation for Radiorecurrent Prostate Cancer: Initial Experience at a Regional Health Care System. Perm J. 2019; 23.
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Mortality and Androgen Deprivation Therapy as Salvage Treatment for Biochemical Recurrence after Primary Therapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer. J Urol. 2017 06; 197(6):1448-1454.
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Treatment results of brachytherapy vs. external beam radiation therapy for intermediate-risk prostate cancer with 10-year followup. Brachytherapy. 2016 Nov - Dec; 15(6):687-694.
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Use of androgen deprivation therapy as salvage treatment after primary therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer. World J Urol. 2016 Dec; 34(12):1611-1619.
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Validation of a Genomic Classifier for Predicting Post-Prostatectomy Recurrence in a Community Based Health Care Setting. J Urol. 2016 06; 195(6):1748-53.
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A comparative study of stereotactic radiosurgery, hypofractionated, and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of skull base meningioma. Am J Clin Oncol. 2014 Jun; 37(3):255-60.
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Locally recurrent prostate cancer after initial radiation therapy: a comparison of salvage radical prostatectomy versus cryotherapy. J Urol. 2009 Aug; 182(2):517-25; discussion 525-7.
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Virologic efficacy of boosted double versus boosted single protease inhibitor therapy. AIDS. 2007 Jul 31; 21(12):1547-54.
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Prostate specific antigen doubling time subsequent to radical prostatectomy as a prognosticator of outcome following salvage radiotherapy. J Urol. 2004 Dec; 172(6 Pt 1):2244-8.