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Maintenance therapy is a medical therapy that is designed to help a primary treatment succeed. For example, maintenance chemotherapy may be given to people who have a cancer in remission in an attempt to prevent a relapse. This form of treatment is also a common approach for the management of many incurable, chronic diseases such as periodontal disease, Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.

References

1. Definition of Maintenance therapy at MedicineNet
2. Berinstein NL (2006). "Principles of maintenance therapy". Leuk. Res. 30 Suppl 1: S3–10. doi:10.1016/S0145-2126(06)80002-0. PMID 16750676.
3. Pastagia J, Nicoara P, Robertson PB (2006). "The effect of patient-centered plaque control and periodontal maintenance therapy on adverse outcomes of periodontitis". J Evid Based Dent Pract. 6 (1): 25–32. doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2005.12.009. PMID 17138393.
4. Orchard T, Probert CS, Keshav S (2006). "Review article: maintenance therapy in patients with ulcerative colitis". Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. 24 Suppl 1: 17–22. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.03071.x. PMID 16939425.

External links

• Maintenance Therapy for periodontal disease
• Maintenance Therapy for intestinal inflammatory diseases

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