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The snail's pace of lung carcinoma chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Kennedy B. J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19980301)82:5<801::aid-cncr1>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - medicine , chemotherapy , carcinoma , lung , oncology , optimism , lung cancer , intensive care medicine , surgery , psychotherapist , psychology
Fifty years ago, Dr. David Karnofsky reported the benefits of nitrogen mustard in the treatment of lung carcinoma. He helped establish the criteria for rigid assessment of tumor response to chemotherapy. Since then, progress in developing chemotherapy for advanced and metastatic lung carcinoma has been slow and, by some criteria, minimal. However, some optimism is warranted regarding the potential for future therapeutic developments.