释义 |
maintenance chemotherapy maintenance chemotherapy The administration of a chemotherapeutic regimen on an ongoing basis after managing a cancer in a traditional manner (e.g., with surgery, radiation or conventional chemotherapy). Adverse effects Neutropaenia, pancytopaenia, nausea, vomiting, myelodysplastic syndrome, peripheral neuropathy. In the long term, secondary malignancies.maintenance chemotherapy Oncology The administration of a chemotherapeutic regimen on an ongoing basis after managing the CA in a traditional manner–eg, with surgery, RT, or conventional chemotherapy Adverse effects Neutropenia, pancytopenia, N&V, myelodysplastic syndrome, peripheral neuropathy. Cf Adjuvant chemotherapy, Consolidation chemotherapy, Induction chemotherapy, Intensification chemotherapy, Salvage chemotherapy. Cf Adjuvant chemotherapy. |