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.
Adjuvant therapy in breast cancer consists of hormonal therapy with or without chemotherapy given after surgical excision of the tumor. The goal of hormonal adjuvant treatment in early breast cancer is the inhibition of estrogen trophic function in malignant cells ( Doisneau-Sixou et al. 2003).