Adjuvant therapy is often used after primary treatments, such as surgery, to lessen the chance of your
cancer coming back. Even if your surgery was successful at removing all visible cancer, microscopic bits of
cancer sometimes remain and are undetectable with current methods. Adjuvant therapy given before the main treatment is called
neoadjuvant therapy. This type of
adjuvant therapy can also decrease the chance of the
cancer coming back, and it's often used to make the primary treatment — such as an operation or radiation treatment — easier or more effective. Adjuvant or
neoadjuvant therapy can cause significant side effects, and these treatments don't benefit everyone.
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