REGIONAL-CHEMOTHERAPY

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REGIONAL-CHEMOTHERAPY

Definition: treatment involving the administration of an anticancer drug directly to the affected area through a catheter along with an embolizing agent which cuts off the blood supply to the tumor. The goal is to prolong the time that the tumor is exposed to the chemotherapy and at the same time to diminish the blood supply going to the tumor, thereby debilitating the cancer cells and making them more vulnerable to the drugs.

Conceptual Structures
ISA	CHEMOTHERAPY-BY-APPLICATION-SITE
SUBCLASSES	CHEMOEMBOLIZATION
DESCENDANTS	CHEMOEMBOLIZATION
ANCESTORS	ALL CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE CANCER-TREATMENT CHEMOTHERAPY CHEMOTHERAPY-BY-APPLICATION-SITE EVENT HEALTH-SERVE MEDICAL-SERVE PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT SERVICE-EVENT SOCIAL-EVENT TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER WORK-ACTIVITY
INHERITED RELATIONS	ACCOMPANIER : HUMAN (from WORK-ACTIVITY ) AGENT : ONCOLOGIST (by default) (from CHEMOTHERAPY ) BENEFICIARY : PATIENT (from CANCER-TREATMENT ) CONDITION : CHEMOSENSITIVITY-ASSAY (from CHEMOTHERAPY ) COMPLETE-BLOOD-COUNT (from CHEMOTHERAPY ) HAS-SIDE-EFFECT : MYELOSUPPRESSION-SIDE-EFFECT (from CHEMOTHERAPY ) INSTRUMENT : DRUG (by default) (from CANCER-TREATMENT ) LOCATION : CLINIC (from HEALTH-SERVE ) AMBULATORY (from HEALTH-SERVE ) HOSPITAL (from HEALTH-SERVE ) PURPOSE : HEAL (by default) (from HEALTH-SERVE ) CANCER-TREATMENT (from HEALTH-SERVE ) VETERINARY-SERVE (from HEALTH-SERVE ) PURPOSE-OF : HEALTH-SERVE (from CANCER-TREATMENT ) ROLE-FOR-ACTIVITY : HEALTH-ROLE (by default) (from MEDICAL-SERVE ) SERVICES-OF : CORPORATION (from SERVICE-EVENT ) THEME : EVENT (from SERVICE-EVENT ) OBJECT (from SERVICE-EVENT ) THEME-OF : EVENT (from WORK-ACTIVITY ) TREATMENT-FOR : ACUTE-LYMPHOID-LEUKEMIA (by default) (from CHEMOTHERAPY ) ACUTE-MYELOID-LEUKEMIA (by default) (from CHEMOTHERAPY ) USES : INDWELLING-CATHETER (from CHEMOTHERAPY )