salvage therapy
Description
Treatment given after a disease (such as cancer) has not responded to other treatments (standard therapy).
Treatment given for cancer that has come back (recurred).
The goal of salvage therapy is to treat the disease and improve quality of life. Various cancer treatments can be used as salvage therapy, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
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