RADIATION-THERAPY-ADJUVANT

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RADIATION-THERAPY-ADJUVANT

Definition: radiation therapy given to augment the positive effects of some other form of treatment such as surgery or chemotherapy. Adjuvant radiotherapy is commonly used in the therapy of cancer and can be administered before or after the primary treatment.

Conceptual Structures
ISA	COMBINATION-THERAPY TREATMENT-BY-TIME-OF-APPLICATION
ANCESTORS	ALL CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE CANCER-TREATMENT COMBINATION-THERAPY EVENT HEALTH-SERVE MEDICAL-SERVE PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT SERVICE-EVENT SOCIAL-EVENT TREATMENT-BY-TIME-OF-APPLICATION TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER WORK-ACTIVITY
RELATIONS	UTILIZES : X-RAY-UNIT
INHERITED RELATIONS	ACCOMPANIER : HUMAN (from WORK-ACTIVITY ) AGENT : PHYSICIAN (from CANCER-TREATMENT ) BENEFICIARY : PATIENT (from CANCER-TREATMENT ) INSTRUMENT : DRUG (by default) (from CANCER-TREATMENT ) LOCATION : CLINIC (from HEALTH-SERVE ) AMBULATORY (from HEALTH-SERVE ) HOSPITAL (from HEALTH-SERVE ) PURPOSE : HEAL (by default) (from HEALTH-SERVE ) CANCER-TREATMENT (from HEALTH-SERVE ) VETERINARY-SERVE (from HEALTH-SERVE ) PURPOSE-OF : HEALTH-SERVE (from CANCER-TREATMENT ) ROLE-FOR-ACTIVITY : HEALTH-ROLE (by default) (from MEDICAL-SERVE ) SERVICES-OF : CORPORATION (from SERVICE-EVENT ) THEME : EVENT (from SERVICE-EVENT ) OBJECT (from SERVICE-EVENT ) THEME-OF : EVENT (from WORK-ACTIVITY ) TREATMENT-FOR : HAVE-NEOPLASM (from CANCER-TREATMENT ) USES : DRUG (from CANCER-TREATMENT )