Definitions for "Ablative therapy"
The use of high doses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to destroy totally all the blood cell producing capability of the patient's body
treatment that removes or destroys the function of an organ, such as surgical removal of an organ or some types of chemotherapy.
Treatment that removes or destroys the function of an organ or system. For example, high dose chemotherapy and radiation before a bone marrow transplant is considered ablative therapy because it wipes out your immune system.