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salvage therapy

[ˈsælvɪdʒ ˈθɛrəpi]
nounpl: salvage therapies
terapia de resgate
1. A medical treatment used as a last resort when standard or primary therapies have failed or are no longer effective
After the initial chemotherapy proved unsuccessful, the oncologist recommended salvage therapy to combat the aggressive tumor.
Após a quimioterapia inicial se mostrar ineficaz, o oncologista recomendou terapia de resgate para combater o tumor agressivo.
2. An alternative or rescue treatment approach employed to save a patient's life or preserve a body part when conventional treatments have not succeeded
The salvage therapy involved a combination of radiation and targeted drugs to address the treatment-resistant cancer.
A terapia de resgate envolveu uma combinação de radiação e medicamentos direcionados para abordar o câncer resistente ao tratamento.
Synonyms
rescue therapysecond-line therapyalternative therapybackup therapy
Antonyms
first-line therapyprimary therapyinduction therapy

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
terapia de resgate
Most commonly used term in Brazil
General Brazilian
terapia salvadora
Alternative medical terminology
Portugal
terapia de salvação
Preferred usage in European Portuguese
Portugal
terapia de resgate
Also used in Portugal

Related Idioms & Phrases

last-ditch effort
emergency measure
Hail Mary pass
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