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Adjuvant therapy, also known as adjunct therapy, adjuvant care, or augmentation therapy, is a therapy that is given in addition to the primary or initial therapy to maximize its effectiveness. The surgeries and complex treatment regimens used in cancer therapy have led the term to be used mainly to describe adjuvant cancer treatments.
In immunology, an adjuvant is a substance that increases or modulates the immune response to a vaccine. [1] The word "adjuvant" comes from the Latin word adiuvare , meaning to help or aid. "An immunologic adjuvant is defined as any substance that acts to accelerate, prolong, or enhance antigen-specific immune responses when used in combination ...
When administered, it will produce one of several dozen possible abnormal proteins commonly found in cancerous tissues. The production of those proteins is intended to invoke an immune response. mRNA-4157/V940 is given to patients after their tumors have been sequenced and abnormal proteins identified.
In pharmacology, an adjuvant is a drug or other substance, or a combination of substances, that is used to increase the efficacy or potency of certain drugs. Specifically, the term can refer to: Adjuvant therapy in cancer management; Analgesic adjuvant in pain management; Immunologic adjuvant in vaccines
Adjuvant treatment in patients with stage III colon cancer is recommended [2] for 12 cycles, every two weeks. The recommended dose schedule is as follows: Day 1: Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m 2 intravenous (IV) infusion in 250-500 mL D5W and leucovorin 200 mg/m 2 IV infusion in D5W administered concurrently over 120 minutes in separate bags using a Y-line, followed by fluorouracil (5-FU) 400 mg/m 2 IV ...
The following is a list of some of the commonly used adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: CMF: cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil. [4] FAC (or CAF): 5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide. [5] AC (or CA): Adriamycin (doxorubicin) and cyclophosphamide. [6] AC-Taxol: AC followed by paclitaxel (Taxol). [7]
A type of bacteria dubbed “Conan the Bacterium” can withstand radiation thousands of times stronger than what can kill a human. Now, scientists have figured out why.
Endocrine therapy is usually administered after surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy have been given, but can also occur in the neoadjuvant or non-surgical setting. Hormonal treatments include antiestrogen therapy, but also to a lesser extent, and/or more in the past, estrogen therapy and androgen therapy.