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Adjuvant therapy: Treatment to keep cancer from returning
How effective is adjuvant therapy?
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What is adjuvant therapy?
Which treatments are used as adjuvant therapies?
Who should have adjuvant therapy?
Is adjuvant therapy for you?
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What is adjuvant therapy?
Which treatments are used as adjuvant therapies?
Who should have adjuvant therapy?
Is adjuvant therapy for you?
What is adjuvant therapy?
Adjuvant therapy is cancer treatment that's given after primary treatments, such as surgery. The goal is to lower the chance of cancer coming back. Because even if all visible cancer is removed during surgery, there still may be some remaining in the body that can't be seen.