Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is administered before surgery or radiation therapy. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy may help in downstaging the disease, enhancing the patient’s tolerance and response to the surgery or radiation therapy, reducing the recurrence rates, and improving the overall survival rates.
Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment approach in medical oncology that uses powerful drugs to find and destroy cancer cells throughout the body. Chemotherapy works by stopping or slowing the growth of body cells that divide and grow rapidly, which include cancer cells as well.
Chemotherapy is categorised into two types based on the time it is administered: neoadjuvant chemotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy.