Recent advances in cancer therapy: an overview.
Curr Pharm Des
; 16(1): 3-10, 2010 Jan.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20214614
The landscape of cancer treatment has dramatically changed over the last four decades. The age when surgery and radiotherapy were the only effective way to fight tumour growth has ended. A complex scenario where the molecular features of tumours seem to be the cornerstone of any therapy is now emerging. Here we provide an overview on the different approaches to cancer treatment. This review will help the reader to acknowledge the pivotal role of some classic cancer therapies, including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and endocrine therapy, now better understood in the mechanims underpinning their efficacy. Following, we focus on the understanding of the value of systemic treatment and on an up-date on the novel, up-coming therapies of the current targeted therapy age, including new antibodies, small molecules, antiangiogenics and viral therapy. We briefly elaborate, finally, on new biomarkers development and how it should rule and determine the future of therapeutic research in cancer.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Terapia Viral Oncolítica
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Neoplasias
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Antineoplásicos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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Humans
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En
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Curr Pharm Des
Assunto da revista:
FARMACIA
Ano de publicação:
2010
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Article