"Maintenance Chemotherapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Treatment designed to help prevent a relapse of a disease following the successful primary treatments (INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY and CONSOLIDATION CHEMOTHERAPY) with a long-term low-dose drug therapy.
| Descriptor ID |
D060046
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.509
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| Concept/Terms |
Maintenance Chemotherapy- Maintenance Chemotherapy
- Chemotherapies, Maintenance
- Chemotherapy, Maintenance
- Maintenance Chemotherapies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Maintenance Chemotherapy" by people in Profiles.
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Safety and efficacy of astegolimab for COPD with frequent exacerbations regardless of baseline blood eosinophil counts (ALIENTO and ARNASA): randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b and 3 trials. Lancet. 2026 May 23; 407(10543):2027-2039.
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In Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis Patients Who Receive Rescue Therapy, Prior Maintenance Therapy and Day 3 C-Reactive Protein After Rescue Therapy Are Associated With 12-Month Colectomy Risk. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024 10 03; 30(10):1911-1913.
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Significant erythroid megaloblastic changes in patients treated with allopurinol during maintenance chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 11; 70(11):e30631.
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Ibrutinib plus Bendamustine and Rituximab in Untreated Mantle-Cell Lymphoma. N Engl J Med. 2022 06 30; 386(26):2482-2494.
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Adjuvant Maintenance Larotrectinib Therapy in 2 Children With NTRK Fusion-positive High-grade Cancers. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2021 Oct 01; 43(7):e987-e990.
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Dual-combination maintenance inhaler preferences in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A patient-centered benefit-risk assessment. Respir Med. 2021 01; 176:106278.
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Maintenance inhaler therapy preferences of patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a discrete choice experiment. Thorax. 2020 09; 75(9):735-743.
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Deepening of response after completing rituximab-containing therapy in patients with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. Am J Hematol. 2020 04; 95(4):372-378.
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Maintenance sorafenib in FLT3-ITD AML following allogeneic HCT favorably impacts relapse and overall survival. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2019 09; 54(9):1518-1520.
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Esophageal Varices in Adolescent and Young Adult Males with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2019 04; 8(2):217-220.