| ICAAC | Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy |
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| RCT | radiotherapy and chemotherapy; randomized clinical trial; randomized controlled trial; registered ca... |
| CCRT | Combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy |
| ABC | absolute basophil count; absolute bone conduction; acalculous biliary colic; acid balance control; a... |
| CTx | Chemotherapy |
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| chemotherapy, adjuvant | Drug therapy given to augment or stimulate some other form of treatment such as surgery or radiation therapy. Adjuvant chemotherapy is commonly used in the therapy of cancer and can be administered before or after the primary treatment. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| chemotherapy drug sensitivity test | <investigation> A test to assess a cancerous tissue's response and vulnerability to chemotherapy drugs. This test can help predict a patients response to treatment and suggest which drugs may be useful. (16 Dec 1997) |
| combination chemotherapy | <oncology> Treatment consisting of the use of two or more chemicals to achieve maximum kill of tumour cells. (09 Jan 1998) |
| consolidation chemotherapy | Repetitive cycles of treatment during the immediate post-remission period, used especially for leukaemia. Synonym: intensification chemotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salvage chemotherapy | Use of chemotherapy in a patient with recurrence of a malignancy following initial treatment, in hope of a cure or prolongation of life. Synonym: salvage therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| second line chemotherapy | <oncology> Chemotherapy given for a tumour which has already failed to respond to a first chemotherapy regimen (called first line). (16 Dec 1997) |
| induction chemotherapy | Use of chemotherapy as initial treatment before surgery or radiotherapy of a malignancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intensification chemotherapy | Repetitive cycles of treatment during the immediate post-remission period, used especially for leukaemia. Synonym: intensification chemotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraperitoneal chemotherapy | Treatment in which anticancer drugs are put directly into the abdomen through a thin tube. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intrathecal chemotherapy | Treatment with drugs that are injected into the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cort (cerebrospinal fluid). (12 Dec 1998) |
| intravenous antibiotics | The administration of an antibiotic solution into the venous circulation. (27 Sep 1997) |
| topical antibiotics | A ointment (or cream) based medication that kills bacteria. Examples include Neosporin, Bactroban, Garamycin, bacitracin, gentamicin, mupirocin, neomycin, silver sulphasalazine, chloramphenicol and clindamycin. (27 Sep 1997) |
| topical chemotherapy | Treatment with anticancer drugs in a lotion or cream. (12 Dec 1998) |
| abstracting and indexing | Shortening or summarizing of documents; assigning of descriptors for referencing documents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| academies and institutes | Organizations representing specialised fields which are accepted as authoritative; may be non-governmental, university or an independent research organization, e.g., national academy of sciences, brookings institution, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |