# OnCo record drug-desensitisation (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/drug-desensitisation/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "drug-desensitisation" ;
  schema:name "Drug desensitisation (rapid desensitisation to anticancer drugs)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "Drug desensitization"@en, "Rapid drug desensitization"@en, "Desensitisation protocol"@en, "12-step desensitization"@en, "Induction of drug tolerance"@en ;
  schema:description "If someone has had an allergic-type reaction to a cancer drug they still need, the drug can sometimes be given again very slowly, starting with a tiny dose and stepping up over several hours under close watch. This builds temporary tolerance, so treatment can continue."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/drug-desensitisation/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-11"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://europepmc.org/article/MED/18502492>, <https://europepmc.org/article/MED/34587281> ;
  onco:tag "supportive-care-gaps-2026-11" ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/carboplatin/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/oxaliplatin/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/paclitaxel/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/rituximab/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/extravasation-infusion-reaction/> .