title: Adjuvant chemotherapy. A discussion of some basic principles.
abstract: Some basic principles of adjuvant chemotherapy are discussed as mode of action, molecular mechanisms, drug resistance, patient selection, and early and late toxicity. It is assumed that in the future improved methods for selecting patients will increase the possibilities to cure patients with micrometastases of solid tumors by adjuvant chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Radiumhemmet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ringborg
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents