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Neoadjuvant Therapy in Oncology
Definition of Neoadjuvant Therapy
In oncology, neoadjuvant therapy is performed to promote or to enable curative therapy by reduction of tumor volume. Neoadjuvant therapy may consist of chemotherapy, hormone therapy or irradiation.
In oncology and clinical praxis, the term and definition of neoadjuvant therapy has to be seperated from adjuvant therapy and palliative therapy.
Neoadjuvant therapy in Urology
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before cystectomy in locally advanced bladder cancer
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy before surgery of prostate sarcoma or bladder sarcoma
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery for neuroblastoma
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery for Wilms tumor
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Deutsche Version: Neoadjuvante Therapie in der Onkologie