combined therapy

combined therapy
therapy that combines several types of treatment in order to improve results. It is usually a combination of surgery with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy for the treatment of malignant tumours (see adjuvant therapy). See also sandwich therapy.

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psychotherapy in which the patient sees the same therapist for both individual and group therapies concurrently. Cf. conjoint t. 2. psychotherapy and medication used together.

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