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Prior Primary
The term refers to the treatment that was performed in the effort to cure the neoplastic disease before (prior) the current or being currently planned treatment regimen or given clinical event. Primary treatment is usually surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy, or combination of some or all modalities listed above. (NCI Thesaurus)
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An indication or description that medications were taken previously.
Cancer therapy using ionizing radiation to a limited (< 50%) portion of the body.
Originally, therapeutic administration of serum or gamma globulin containing preformed antibodies produced by another individual; currently, immunotherapy includes nonspecific systemic stimulation, adjuvants,…
An indication that an individual has been previously treated with hormonal therapy.
Having received extensive radiation before the present time.
Previous chemotherapy administered as treatment for this cancer.
