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MULTIMODALITY TREATMENT OF CANCER
Author(s) -
FORBES JOHN FREDERICK
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1982.tb06005.x
Subject(s) - multimodality , medicine , modalities , intensive care medicine , treatment modality , cancer , modality (human–computer interaction) , cancer therapy , medical physics , surgery , artificial intelligence , social science , philosophy , linguistics , sociology , computer science
Different and effective modalities are available for various cancers. However, early consideration is necessary to allow optimal integration. Failure to do this may compromise the cure potential for some tumours. The differing biology of tumours and the efficacy of various modalities dictates specific approaches for each. The principles of multimodality therapy can be considered together with the biological factors affecting the success and failure of each therapy tupe and this allows a multimodality approach to be based on careful planning. For many tumours, where effective systemic therapy exists, there are good reasons for commencing with a multimodality approach at the outset with adjuvant chemotherapy. Practical considerations dictate that surgeons must play a key role in the care of cancer patients. This In turn requires that they maintain a sound knowledge of multimodality therapy for the cancers that they treat.