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REGIONAL-CHEMOTHERAPY


Definition: treatment involving the administration of an anticancer drug directly to the affected area through a catheter along with an embolizing agent which cuts off the blood supply to the tumor. The goal is to prolong the time that the tumor is exposed to the chemotherapy and at the same time to diminish the blood supply going to the tumor, thereby debilitating the cancer cells and making them more vulnerable to the drugs.

Conceptual Structures
ISACHEMOTHERAPY-BY-APPLICATION-SITE
SUBCLASSESCHEMOEMBOLIZATION
DESCENDANTSCHEMOEMBOLIZATION
ANCESTORSALL
CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE
CANCER-TREATMENT
CHEMOTHERAPY
CHEMOTHERAPY-BY-APPLICATION-SITE
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER
WORK-ACTIVITY
INHERITED
RELATIONS
ACCOMPANIER : HUMAN (from WORK-ACTIVITY)
AGENT : ONCOLOGIST (by default) (from CHEMOTHERAPY)
BENEFICIARY : PATIENT (from CANCER-TREATMENT)
CONDITION : CHEMOSENSITIVITY-ASSAY (from CHEMOTHERAPY)
   
COMPLETE-BLOOD-COUNT (from CHEMOTHERAPY)
HAS-SIDE-EFFECT : MYELOSUPPRESSION-SIDE-EFFECT (from CHEMOTHERAPY)
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 : ACUTE-LYMPHOID-LEUKEMIA (by default) (from CHEMOTHERAPY)
   
ACUTE-MYELOID-LEUKEMIA (by default) (from CHEMOTHERAPY)
USES : INDWELLING-CATHETER (from CHEMOTHERAPY)