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| Initial treatment used to reduce a cancer. Induction therapy 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, primary therapy, and primary treatment. |
Previous Definitions: | indium In 111 pentetreotide, indole-3-carbinol, indolent, indolent lymphoma, indomethacin | Next Definitions: | infection, inferior vena cava, infertile, infertility, infiltrating breast cancer |
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