The journal «Practical oncology» / Т.18, №1 - 2017, The most important achievements in oncology in 2016
2016: advances in medical oncology
Authors: V.A. Chubenko
Abstract:Over the last year, there has been a wave of new successes with immunotherapy. Cancer therapies are becoming increasingly precise, thereby enabling a more personalized approach to treatment selection. To address the challenge of medical resistance, researchers have been developing more potent target, next-generation drugs. New chemotherapeutic options are appearedin clinical practice. It is result in changing of the treatment guidelines and significantincreasing of the overall survival.
Keywords: immunotherapy, target therapy, overall survival, treatment guidelines