Leucovorin rescue/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Leucovorin rescue.

A type of cancer chemotherapy, sometimes called effective heroic medicine, in which a lethal dose of methotrexate is administered, and then an antidote, leucovorin, given at a delayed time calculated to kill a maximum number of malignant cells without killing the patient

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