salvage therapy


sal·vage therapy

1. Synonym(s): salvage chemotherapy2. treatment designed to suppress resistant virus following combination antiviral treatment. Synonym(s): rescue therapy

sal·vage ther·a·py

(salvăj thāră-pē) 1. Synonym(s): salvage chemotherapy. 2. Treatment designed to suppress resistant viruses following combination antiviral treatment.
Synonym(s): rescue therapy.

Salvage therapy

Treatment measures taken late in the course of a disease after other therapies have failed. It is also known as rescue therapy.Mentioned in: Neuroblastoma