Intensive Chemotherapy

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
IC
Pronunciation
/ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv ˌkimoʊˈθɛrəpi/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Patients with haematological malignancies receiving intensive chemotherapy and requiring hospitalization were randomized in a double-blind, placebo-controlled single-centre trial.
  2. The renal mass completely disappeared after intensive chemotherapy, and kidney was restored to normal size.
  3. ABSTRACT : Elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia ( AML ) tolerate intensive chemotherapy poorly and usually have poor prognosis.
  4. But before transplanting new stem cells, the old ones first must be removed, which is currently done by intensive chemotherapy or radiation.
  5. Intensive chemotherapy is not suitable for patients with unfavorable karyotypes, and genetic analysis is needed for individualized therapy regimen.

Other meanings of IC