Leucovorin rescue

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Leucovorin rescue is 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.[1]

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