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Chemoprophylaxis vs Chemotherapy - What's the difference?

chemoprophylaxis | chemotherapy |

As nouns the difference between chemoprophylaxis and chemotherapy

is that chemoprophylaxis is chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs while chemotherapy is any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.

chemoprophylaxis

English

(wikipedia chemoprophylaxis)

Noun

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  • chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.

    • chemotherapy

    English

    (wikipedia chemotherapy)

    Noun

  • (medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
  • (oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.

    • Derived terms

    * chemotherapeutic

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