Finding:

1. close

   Adjuvant cancer therapy

   Adjuvant therapy is a term used to describe the role of therapy relative to other cancer treatments. The terms adjuvant and neoadjuvant have special meanings in oncology.
2. close

   Adjuvant chemotherapy

   Adjuvant therapy is a term used to describe the role of therapy relative to other cancer treatments. ... Adjuvant hormonal therapy for prostate cancer may cause cardiovascular disease, and other, possibly severe, side effects.
3. close

   Testicular cancer

   Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system. ... For stage I cancers that have not had any adjuvant (preventative) therapy, close monitoring for at least a year is important, and should include blood tests (in cases of nonseminomas) and CT-scans (in all cases), to ascertain whether the cancer has metastasized (spread to other parts of the body).
4. close

   Radiation therapy

   Radiotherapy may be used for curative or adjuvant cancer treatment. ... Radiation is a potential cause of cancer, and secondary malignancies are seen in a very small minority of patients - usually less than 1/1000.
5. close

   Lung cancer

   Adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with stage IB cancer is controversial, as clinical trials have not clearly demonstrated a survival benefit. ... Targeted therapy
6. close

   David Kerr (British cancer specialist)

   Kerr’s clinical research into adjuvant therapy of early stage colorectal cancer has contributed to saving thousands of lives over the past two decades. ... 2006: European Society of Medical Oncology Award for distinguished contribution to Cancer therapy and research in Europe
7. close

   Cancer

   Cancer /ˈkænsə(r)/ ( listen) (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth (division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). ... Adjuvant therapy: treatment, either chemotherapy or radiation therapy, given after surgery to kill the remaining cancer cells.
8. close

   Somatic evolution in cancer

   Therapeutic resistance has been observed in virtually every form of therapy, from the beginning of cancer therapy . ... Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs) are a commonly used adjuvant therapy in estrogen-receptor positive (ERα+) breast cancer and a preventive treatment for women at high risk of the disease.
9. close

   Breast cancer

   Breast cancer refers to cancers originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. ... Drugs used in addition to surgery are called adjuvant therapy.
10. close

    David Kerr (professor)

    Kerr’s clinical research into adjuvant therapy of early stage colorectal cancer has contributed to saving thousands of lives over the past two decades. ... 2006: European Society of Medical Oncology Award for distinguished contribution to Cancer therapy and research in Europe

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Adjuvant cancer therapy,
• Adjuvant chemotherapy,
• Testicular cancer,
• Radiation therapy,
• Lung cancer,
• David Kerr (British cancer specialist),
• Cancer,
• Somatic evolution in cancer,
• Breast cancer,
• David Kerr (professor)

Try this on Bing Research

Bing