National Cancer Institute National Cancer Institute
U.S. National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute
Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Send to Printer
schedule (SKEH-jool)

 In clinical trials, the step-by-step plan for how patients are to be treated; for example, the drug or type of radiation therapy that is to be given, the method by which it is to be given, the amount of time between courses, and the total length of treatment.

Previous Definitions:scanner, SCF, SCH 54031, SCH 66336, SCH-58500
Next Definitions:Schiller test, schizophrenia, Schwann cell, schwannoma, SCID