Salvage Therapy

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.

Year introduced: 1992

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Tree Number(s): E02.895

MeSH Unique ID: D016879

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• Salvage Treatment
• Salvage Treatments
• Treatment, Salvage
• Treatments, Salvage
• Therapy, Salvage
• Salvage Therapies
• Therapies, Salvage

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Therapeutics
Salvage Therapy