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Adjuvant therapy - A treatment method used in addition to the primary therapy. Radiation therapy often is used as an adjuvant to surgery. Chemotherapy also can be considered adjuvant therapy in some cases.

Alopecia - (al-oh-pee-she-ah) Hair loss.

Anesthesia - Loss of feeling or sensation resulting from the use of certain drugs or gases.

Antiemetic - (an-tee-eh-MET-ik) A medicine to prevent or relieve nausea or vomiting.

Benign tumor – Tumor that is not cancerous and does not in