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Sometimes chemo is the only treatment you will need. More
often, chemo is used along with surgery or radiation therapy or with
both. Here's why:
- Chemo may be used to shrink a tumor before surgery or
radiation therapy.
- It may be used after surgery or radiation therapy to help
kill any remaining cancer cells.
- It may be used with other treatments if your cancer
returns.
When chemo is given after surgery to kill any cancer cells
that may still be present, it is called adjuvant therapy.
When chemo is used to shrink a tumor before surgery or radiation
therapy, it is called neoadjuvant
therapy.
Last
Medical Review: 08/28/2008
Last Revised: 09/11/2008
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