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Descriptor English:   Drug Therapy 
Descriptor Spanish:   Quimioterapia 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Quimioterapia 
Synonyms English:   Pharmacotherapy
Chemotherapy  
Tree Number:   E02.319
Definition English:   The use of DRUGS to treat a DISEASE or its symptoms. One example is the use of ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS to treat CANCER. 
Indexing Annotation English:   general only: prefer /drug ther with disease term: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.26; note entry term CHEMOTHERAPY: prefer specific chemical or chemical group, e.g., chemotherapy of lymphoma = LYMPHOMA /drug ther + ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS /ther use, not DRUG THERAPY
See Related English:   Medication Errors
Pharmacologic Actions
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation MT methods
MO mortality NU nursing
PX psychology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   4418 
Unique Identifier:   D004358 

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