Definitions for "Adjuvant therapy"
Adjuvant therapy can be radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or hormone therapy given before or after primary treatment to try to eliminate any cancer cells that may be left.
radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or hormone therapy given after surgery for the removal of cancer as a safety factor to kill any cancer cells that cannot be seen.
Treatment used in addition to the primary method. For example, radiation therapy often is used in addition (as an adjuvant) to surgery.