CHEMOTHERAPY

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subject field: medicine: treatment
originator: Pamela
origination date: 07/07/2000
check date: 24/08/2001
checker: Pamela
URL: http://www.wehealny.org/healthinfo/chemotherapy/index.html

originator: Arianne
origination date: 01/02/2001

URL: http://www.bacup.org.uk/info/chemotherapy.htm

originator: Arianne
origination date: 01/02/2001

URL: http://www.prous.com/seq/main.html

originator: Arianne
origination date: 01/02/2001

Conceptual Structures
ISA	TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER
SUBCLASSES	CHEMOSURGERY CHEMOTHERAPY-BY-APPLICATION-SITE CHEMOTHERAPY-BY-PERIOD-OF-ADMINISTRATION CHEMOTHERAPY-BY-WAY-OF-ADMINISTRATION CHEMOTHERAPY-RESULT COMBINATION-CHEMOTHERAPY DIFFERENTATION-THERAPY DOSE-INTENSIFICATION-THERAPY MYELOSUPPRESSION-CHEMOTHERAPY
DESCENDANTS	CHEMOEMBOLIZATION CHEMOSURGERY CHEMOTHERAPY-BY-APPLICATION-SITE CHEMOTHERAPY-BY-PERIOD-OF-ADMINISTRATION CHEMOTHERAPY-BY-WAY-OF-ADMINISTRATION CHEMOTHERAPY-RESULT COMBINATION-CHEMOTHERAPY CONTINUOUS-INFUSION-CHEMOTHERAPY CROSSOVER-CHEMOTHERAPY DIFFERENTATION-THERAPY DOSE-INTENSIFICATION-THERAPY INDUCTION-THERAPY INFUSION-THERAPY INTRA-ARTERIAL-INFUSION INTRAPERITONEAL-CHEMOTHERAPY INTRATHECAL-CHEMOTHERAPY INTRAVESICAL-CHEMOTHERAPY ISOLATION-PERFUSION LATE-INTENSIFICATION-THERAPY MAINTENANCE-THERAPY MYELOSUPPRESSION-CHEMOTHERAPY PERFUSION POLYCHEMOTHERAPY REGIONAL-CHEMOTHERAPY REGIONAL-PERFUSION TOPICAL-CHEMOTHERAPY
ANCESTORS	ALL CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE CANCER-TREATMENT EVENT HEALTH-SERVE MEDICAL-SERVE PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT SERVICE-EVENT SOCIAL-EVENT TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER WORK-ACTIVITY
RELATIONS	AGENT : ONCOLOGIST (by default) CONDITION : COMPLETE-BLOOD-COUNT CHEMOSENSITIVITY-ASSAY HAS-SIDE-EFFECT : MYELOSUPPRESSION-SIDE-EFFECT TREATMENT-FOR : ACUTE-MYELOID-LEUKEMIA (by default) ACUTE-LYMPHOID-LEUKEMIA (by default) USES : INDWELLING-CATHETER

English
chemotherapy	term type: main entry term part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: treatment of cancer involving the use of anticancer drugs, highly toxic medications that destroy cancer cells by interfering with their growth or preventing their reproduction. (en) context (x): I_chemot.txt origination date: 14/01/2002 originator: Arianne

Spanish
quimioterapia	term type: main entry term part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: tratamiento para el cáncer que consiste en el uso de fármacos que destruyen células anticancerígenos, así impidiendo su crecimiento o reproducción. (es) context (x): E_quimot.txt origination date: 14/01/2002 originator: Arianne