medical oncology
Chemotherapy is the use of anti-cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells.
Various roles of chemotherapy are
- Primary Treatment
- Neo adjuvant Treatment
- Adjuvant Treatment
- Regional Treatment
- Induction Treatment
- Palliation
Combination Chemotherapy is better because
- It provides maximal cell kill with minimal toxicity
- It provides a broader range of interaction between drugs & tumour cells in heteogenous tumour population
- It may slow the subsequent development of drug resistance
Chemotherapeutically curable cancers include
- Chorio carcinoma
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia
- Burkitt’s lymphoma
- Hodgkin’s disease
- Large follicular centre cell lymphoma
- Testicular carcinoma
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia of childhood
