Cancer Therapy News

Cancer therapy describes the treatment of cancer in a patient, often with surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Targeted therapies are also available for some cancer types. A cancer patient might receive many different types of therapy, including those aimed at relieving the symptoms of cancer, such as pain. Curing cancer requires eliminating all cells capable of causing cancer recurrence in a person's lifetime. Systemic antineoplastic modalities include Hormonal therapy (for selected cancers, eg, prostate, breast, endometrium), Immunotherapy including monoclonal antibodies, interferons, biologic response modifiers, tumor vaccines, and cell therapies (for many different types of cancer), Differentiating drugs such as retinoids (for acute promyelocytic leukemia) and isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 (IDH2) inhibitors (for acute myeloid leukemia), Targeted drugs that exploit the growing knowledge of genomics and cellular and molecular biology (eg, imatinib for chronic myeloid leukemia). Often, modalities are combined to create a treatment program that is appropriate for the patient and based on patient and tumor characteristics as well as patient preferences. These modalities can be combined with the primary treatment at the same time or used before or after. The primary purpose of adjuvant therapy given after and neoadjuvant therapy given beforehand is to prevent cancer recurrence and increase survival.    

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