Adjuvant Therapy

What is Adjuvant Therapy? Adjuvant therapy, also referred to as adjunct therapy, adjuvant care, or augmentation therapy, consists of any number of the various follow-up treatments prescribed to a patient after undergoing primary cancer treatments, such as surgery, to reduce the likelihood of cancer recurrence. Residual cancer cells may persist in the body after undergoing initial treatments and these microscopic cancer cells often evade detection and, over time, can manifest as new malignancies. The objective of prescribing adjuvant therapy is to mitigate this risk by controlling or eradicating any lingering cancer cells, thereby limiting their ability to gain a foothold in the patient's body.