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Descriptor English:
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Salvage Therapy
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Terapia Recuperativa
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Terapia de Salvação
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Synonyms English:
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Salvage Therapies
Salvage Treatment
Salvage Treatments
Therapies, Salvage
Therapy, Salvage
Treatment, Salvage
Treatments, Salvage
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Tree Number:
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E02.895
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Definition English:
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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. |
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History Note English:
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92
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Record Number:
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29830
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Unique Identifier:
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D016879
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Similar:
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DeCS
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