Consolidation chemotherapy is a less intensive post-remission maintenance therapy than a stem cell transplant.

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The same drug improves survival by one month when used as maintenance therapy for lung cancer.

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The aim of post-remission maintenance therapy is to destroy leukemia cells that survived induction chemotherapy but are undetectable.

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As long as skilled care is deemed necessary by a health professional based on an individual assessment, maintenance therapy would now be a Medicare benefit.

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