Definition of neoadjuvant
medical
: of, relating to, or being treatment (such as chemotherapy or hormone therapy) administered before primary cancer treatment (such as surgery) to enhance the outcome of primary treatment
- In certain breast cancer, neoadjuvant therapies reduce recurrences by 50 percent in some situations.
- —Jen Waters
- The use of preoperative (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy before resection of the primary pulmonary tumor is controversial, and data are lacking to guide clinicians.
- —Michael Lanuti et al.
