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Chemotherapy, Adjuvant

Known as: Adjuvant Chemotherapy, Adjuvant Drug Therapy, Drug Therapy, Adjuvant 
Drug therapy given to augment or stimulate some other form of treatment such as surgery or radiation therapy. Adjuvant chemotherapy is commonly used… 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Effect of adjuvant chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus folinic acid or gemcitabine vs observation on survival in patients with resected periampullary adenocarcinoma: the ESPAC-3 periampullary cancer…
CONTEXT Patients with periampullary adenocarcinomas undergo the same resectional surgery as that of patients with pancreatic… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Sequential adjuvant epirubicin-based and docetaxel chemotherapy for node-positive breast cancer patients: the FNCLCC PACS 01 Trial.
PURPOSE The PACS 01 trial compared six cycles of fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide (FEC) with a sequential regimen… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Amenorrhea in premenopausal women after adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Chemotherapy and ovarian ablation both independently improve survival in premenopausal women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Incidence and predictors of low dose-intensity in adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy: a nationwide study of community practices.
PURPOSE This retrospective study was undertaken to assess practice patterns in adjuvant chemotherapy for early-stage breast… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Is postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy useful for gallbladder carcinoma?
To the authors' knowledge, the significance of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in pancreaticobiliary carcinoma has not yet… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Intellectual outcome after reduced-dose radiation therapy plus adjuvant chemotherapy for medulloblastoma: a Children's Cancer Group study.
PURPOSE To investigate the intellectual outcomes of children with medulloblastomas/primitive neuroectodermal tumors (MB/PNET… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Randomized trial of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy for carcinoma of the rectum: National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Protocol R-02.
BACKGROUND The conviction that postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy represent an acceptable standard of care for patients… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Comparative efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with Dukes' B versus Dukes' C colon cancer: results from four National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project adjuvant studies (C-01, C…
PURPOSE Although the benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy has been clearly established in patients with Dukes' C colon cancer, such… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Characteristics and correlates of fatigue after adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer.
PURPOSE Clinical reports suggest that many breast cancer patients experience persistent fatigue as a long-term side effect of… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy for rectal cancer: results from NSABP protocol R-01.
Information is presented from 555 patients with Dukes B and C rectal cancers treated by curative resection who were entered into… 
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