Definition of high school. : a school especially in the U.S. usually including grades 9â12 or 10â12.
Adjuvant (meaning âin addition toâ) chemotherapy refers to medicines administered after surgery for the treatment of breast cancer. Adjuvant chemotherapy is designed to prevent recurrence of the disease, particularly distant recurrence.
Chemotherapy can: 1  Make a tumor smaller before surgery or radiation therapy. This is called neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. 2  Destroy cancer cells that may remain after surgery or radiation therapy. This is called adjuvant chemotherapy. 3  Help radiation therapy and biological therapy work better.