Neoadjuvant in A Sentence

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    Because the cancer cells have not yet been exposed to anti-cancer drugs, they are especially vulnerable, allowing neoadjuvant therapy to effectively reduce tumor size.

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    Chemotherapy may be given before surgery or radiation therapy to shrink the tumor (neoadjuvant therapy).

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    However, the toxic effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy may be severe, because normal cells are also destroyed.

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    When chemotherapy is used before surgery or radiation, it is known as primary chemotherapy or neoadjuvant chemotherapy.