Low-dose single-agent chemotherapy is a medication regime to treat cancer which has a highly toxic effect. Single agent chemotherapy refers to a treatment regime which involves only one type of medication, given in low doses to reduce the toxic effects on the body. It is appropriate for benign and locally metastasising tumours, or those which are highly responsive to chemotherapy (e.g. gestational trophoblastic tumours).
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