Talk:Induction chemotherapy

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Purpose is to cure?

The article says, The goal of induction chemotherapy is to cure the cancer. But the source cited for that statement seems to be specific to acute myeloid leukemia. It seems likely that there are cancers where chemotherapy is used as an induction (first-line) therapy even when there is no expectation of cure. The cancer article says, Even when chemotherapy does not provide a permanent cure, it may be useful to reduce symptoms such as pain or to reduce the size of an inoperable tumor in the hope that surgery will become possible in the future. --Dan Wylie-Sears 2 (talk) 16:20, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, after a little more reading, it sounds as though calling a treatment "induction chemotherapy" means that it's part of a sequence that does not involve radiation or surgery. If locoregional treatment is planned, then chemotherapy done first seems to be called neoadjuvant chemotherapy rather than induction chemotherapy. But the sources I've found aren't clear enough for me to put that into the article. --Dan Wylie-Sears 2 (talk) 16:43, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]