1. Winning the Fight Against Cancer
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Ravindran Kanesvaran, Nagarajan Chandramouli, Gopalakrishna N Iyer, Athena H Y Chew, and William Hwang
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Oncology ,0303 health sciences ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Palliative care ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Cancer ,General Medicine ,Cytotoxic chemotherapy ,medicine.disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cancer immunotherapy ,Geriatric oncology ,Surgical oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Internal medicine ,Radiation oncology ,medicine ,Genomic medicine ,business ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
Advances in cytotoxic chemotherapy, surgical oncology, genomic medicine, targeted small molecule treatment, cancer immunotherapy and biology-driven precision radiation oncology have resulted in significant improvements in outcomes of cancer treatment, with an increasing number of patients achieving long-term disease control or even being potentially cured. Concurrent advances in palliative care and geriatric oncology have also helped to ensure that patients are managed holistically by considering their physical, social, psychological and emotional needs in a personalised manner. Keywords: Cancer immunotherapy, cytotoxic chemotherapy, genomic medicine, geriatric oncology, palliative care, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, targeted therapy
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- 2020
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