Maintenance therapy

Maintenance therapy is a medical therapy that is designed to help a primary treatment succeed. ^[1] For example, maintenance chemotherapy may be given to people who have a cancer in remission in an attempt to prevent a relapse. ^[2] This form of treatment is also a common approach for the management of many incurable, chronic diseases such as periodontal disease , Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis . ^[3]^[4]

References [ edit ]

^ Definition of Maintenance therapy at MedicineNet
^ Berinstein NL (2006). "Principles of maintenance therapy". Leuk. Res . 30 Suppl 1: S3?10. doi : 10.1016/S0145-2126(06)80002-0 . PMID 16750676 .
^ Pastagia J, Nicoara P, Robertson PB (2006). "The effect of patient-centered plaque control and periodontal maintenance therapy on adverse outcomes of periodontitis". J Evid Based Dent Pract . 6 (1): 25?32. doi : 10.1016/j.jebdp.2005.12.009 . PMID 17138393 .
^ Orchard T, Probert CS, Keshav S (2006). "Review article: maintenance therapy in patients with ulcerative colitis" . Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther . 24 Suppl 1: 17?22. doi : 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.03071.x . PMID 16939425 .

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