The surgeon and chemotherapy: Twenty five years personal experience

The realm of cancer chemotherapy is complex and often conflicting. The massive use of cytotoxic agents during the past 25 years has now reached a point where major decisions have to be made. The respective roles of regional techniques, systemic therapy for metastatic disease and adjuvant cytotoxic chemotherapy, all need the most careful re‐appraisal. It is important that surgical opinion continues to be expressed and that surgeons continue to participate in the study and practice of cancer chemotherapy.