Retreatment

The therapy of the same disease in a patient, with the same agent or procedure repeated after initial treatment, or with an additional or alternate measure or follow-up. It does not include therapy which requires more than one administration of a therapeutic agent or regimen. Retreatment is often used with reference to a different modality when the original one was inadequate, harmful, or unsuccessful.

Year introduced: 1997

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Tree Number(s): E02.887

MeSH Unique ID: D019233

Entry Terms:

• Retreatments

See Also:

• Reoperation

All MeSH Categories
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Therapeutics
Retreatment
Re-Irradiation