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Neoadjuvant Therapy

Known as: Neoadjuvant Treatments, Treatments, Neoadjuvant, Induction Therapy 
Treatment given as a first step to shrink a tumor before the main treatment, which is usually surgery, is given. Examples of neoadjuvant therapy… 
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Thymidylate synthase genotype-directed neoadjuvant chemoradiation for patients with rectal adenocarcinoma.
PURPOSE Downstaging (DS) of rectal cancers is achieved in approximately 45% of patients with neoadjuvant fluorouracil (FU) -based… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Preoperative chemoradiation for patients with pancreatic cancer: toxicity of endobiliary stents.
PURPOSE A recent multicenter study of preoperative chemoradiation and pancreaticoduodenectomy for localized pancreatic… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
The treatment of cranial germ cell tumours.
Germ cell tumours of the central nervous system (CNS) include many subtypes whose response to treatment varies, even though the… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Maintenance chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer: a critical review of the literature.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
5 year biochemical outcome after radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation therapy, or interstitial radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Detection of BCR-ABL fusion genes in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia by the polymerase chain reaction.
The sensitivity and clinical utility of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for the detection of BCR-ABL gene rearrangement… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Low-dose versus high-dose methotrexate during remission induction in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Protocol 81-01 update).
We evaluated event-free survival (EFS) and leukemia-free interval (LFI) of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Induction chemotherapy with cisplatin, fluorouracil, and high-dose leucovorin for locally advanced head and neck cancer: a clinical and pharmacologic analysis.
Both cisplatin and leucovorin (LV) interact with fluorouracil (5-FU) by increasing intracellular reduced folate levels and… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Prognostic factors in childhood acute myelogenous leukemia.
The prognostic significance of initial clinical and laboratory parameters was evaluated in 125 children with acute myelogenous… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Depression of immunologic reactivity of patients with acute leukemia
The immunologic status of 146 patients with acute leukemia has been explored at different stages of the disease, before and… 
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