Heart Tip: U.S. recent breakthroughs in the field of cancer treatment, chemotherapy or drug therapy will soon be replaced, and the new method of treatment can greatly reduce the side effects of cancer treatment.
U.S. "Time" magazine article recently said that recent breakthroughs in the field of cancer treatment, chemotherapy or drug therapy will soon be replaced, and the new method of treatment can greatly reduce the side effects of cancer treatment.
According to reports, cancer treatment is undergoing a revolution, the revolution could mean the history towards the end of chemotherapy.
The traditional method of cancer therapy is well understood that trying to removal of the tumor.
The current standard treatment is designed to physically surgical resection of malignant lesions, and through the decomposition of chemotherapy in vivo tumor; Or look through radiation and thus eliminate abnormal division of cells. Admittedly, these methods are indeed effective. Over the past two decades, the number of cancer deaths in the United States decreased by approximately 20%.
But at the same time concerned about its efficacy, we should also see these interventions in the elimination of the tumor but also cause serious side effects for the patient. The "New England Journal of Medicine" published last week, exciting research results. New research results of anti-cancer drugs and chemotherapy are completely different. New drug treatment programs aimed at blocking the growth of tumor cells specific path, so this method has the advantage that it can affect healthy cells from so mean fewer side effects and fewer complications. In addition, after two years of treatment, this anti-cancer drugs can help improve the survival rate to 83% of patients with leukemia.
Dana Farber Cancer Institute's senior vice president George Demetri that we are moving towards a more accurate understanding of cancer direction, ie, at the right time for the right patient with the right drug.
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