Folinic Acid Used For Genetic Weight Loss Control
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Chemotherapy uses drugs that kill cancer cells throughout the body. There are two situations in which chemotherapy is used:
- The adjuvant setting. Adjuvant refers to the use of chemotherapy after surgery in patients with Stage III tumors and selected patients with high-risk Stage II tumors (disease that is potentially curable). The goal of this therapy is to eliminate any cancer cells that surgery may have missed, thereby preventing recurrence and increasing the chance of cure. Patients...
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