neoadjuvant

[ nee-oh-aj-uh-vuhnt ]

adjectiveMedicine/Medical.
  1. utilizing drugs, radiation therapy, or other means of supplemental treatment before cancer surgery or other primary cancer treatment: Her neoadjuvant therapy included hormones and chemo, which shrank the tumor prior to its surgical removal.

Origin of neoadjuvant

1
First recorded in 1980–85; neo- + adjuvant

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