What does "monotherapy" mean?

A therapy which is administered by itself

What is a synonym for "monotherapy"?

Common synonyms include: monotreatment, monotreatment.

Monotherapy

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Noun

1
A therapy which is administered by itself

Synonyms

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monotreatment monotreatment

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"So that is what is exciting about the case today, that to our knowledge, for the first time, a kidney tumor has been ablated using high intensity focused ultrasound as monotherapy, without any additional treatment."

Etymology

From mono- + therapy.

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