"Maintenance Chemotherapy" 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.
Treatment designed to help prevent a relapse of a disease following the successful primary treatments (INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY and CONSOLIDATION CHEMOTHERAPY) with a long-term low-dose drug therapy.
| Descriptor ID |
D060046
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.509
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| Concept/Terms |
Maintenance Chemotherapy- Maintenance Chemotherapy
- Chemotherapies, Maintenance
- Chemotherapy, Maintenance
- Maintenance Chemotherapies
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