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.
With breast cancer, it has three major purposes: 1  To prevent cancer from coming back after surgery and radiation. 2  When chemotherapy is used this way, itâs called adjuvant therapy. 3  To shrink a tumor before surgery to make it easier to remove. 4  This is called neo-adjuvant therapy.