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Maintenance Chemotherapy
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Definition
: Treatment designed to help prevent a relapse of a disease following the successful primary treatments (INDUCTION THERAPY and CONSOLIDATION THERAPY) with a long-term low-dose drug therapy.
See Also
Administration, Metronomic
Other names
Maintenance Chemotherapies; Chemotherapy, Maintenance; Chemotherapies, Maintenance