Radiotherapy given to augment some other form of treatment such as surgery or chemotherapy. Adjuvant radiotherapy is commonly used in the therapy of cancer and can be administered before or after the primary treatment.

Annotation

almost never IM; coord with dis /radiother (IM) + specific radiother (IM) + specific surg or chemother to which this is adjuvant (IM)

DUI

D018714 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0028040

Previous indexing

Combined Modality Therapy (1985-1994); specific neoplasms/radiotherapy (1966-1994)

History note

95

Public note

95