| Descriptor English: | Salvage Therapy | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Terapia Recuperativa
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Terapia de Salvação | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Thérapie de rattrapage | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Salvage Therapies Salvage Treatment Salvage Treatments Therapies, Salvage Therapy, Salvage Treatment, Salvage Treatments, Salvage |
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| Tree number(s): |
E02.895 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016879 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A therapeutic approach, involving chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or surgery, after initial regimens have failed to lead to improvement in a patient's condition. Salvage therapy is most often used for neoplastic diseases. |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
AE adverse effects CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation MO mortality MT methods NU nursing PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends VE veterinary |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 92 |
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| History Note: | 92 |
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| Entry Version: | SALVAGE THER |
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| DeCS ID: | 29830 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D016879 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1992/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1991/05/02 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/26 |
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ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
Therapeutics [E02]Therapeutics
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Salvage Therapy
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| Concept UI |
M0025683 |
| Scope note | A therapeutic approach, involving chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or surgery, after initial regimens have failed to lead to improvement in a patient's condition. Salvage therapy is most often used for neoplastic diseases. |
| Preferred term | Salvage Therapy |
| Entry term(s) |
Salvage Therapies Salvage Treatment Salvage Treatments Therapies, Salvage Therapy, Salvage Treatment, Salvage Treatments, Salvage |
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