Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) (Jul 2019)

Cancer Therapy: A Brief Outline

  • Smita Kayal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-3399406
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 55, no. 03
pp. 138 – 144

Abstract

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Modern cancer treatment has evolved over several years to reach the current era of precision therapy. Exciting developments in all modalities of cancer treatment and rapidly growing arena of translational research are contributing to the steady improvement in clinical outcomes. Although several old and new challenges have to be overcome, parallel technological advances in the tools and techniques of drug discovery has promise for future. An outline of the overall approach to cancer management and a broad perspective of multimodality treatment methods are discussed in this brief review.

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