Maintenance therapy

When maintenance therapy is known in the medicine a complementary or supportive therapy measure.

In oncology , the term for cancer describes a therapy in which, after the first administration of medication, further, but mostly lower-dose or other medications are administered over a longer period of time. The aim is to ensure the success of the treatment if there is a high risk of relapse.

See also

• Adjuvant therapy
• Palliative treatment
• Remission
• Relapse

• Supportive periodontal therapy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Which technical terms are used? Krebsinformationsdienst.de, accessed on January 11, 2018

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