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| Initial treatment used to reduce a cancer. Primary treatment is followed by other treatments, such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and hormone therapy to get rid of cancer that remains. Also called first-line therapy, induction therapy, and primary therapy. |
Previous Definitions: | primary effusion lymphoma, primary endpoint, primary myelofibrosis, primary ovarian insufficiency, primary therapy | Next Definitions: | primary tumor, primitive neuroectodermal tumor, prinomastat, pro-oxidant, probenecid |
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