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Small victories add up to paradigm shifts for hard-to-treat tumors
Since the “war on cancer” was declared in the 1970s, our view of cancer has evolved to an array of different diseases requiring individual battles. Many have been hard-fought, with even minor improvements in patient survival proving extremely challenging. Here we describe how recent developments are beginning to change the narrative for some of these hard-to-treat tumor types. 

 

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The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology - 12(12)
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454-460
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ovarian cancer, melanoma, pancreatic cancer, PARP inhibitors, bevacizumab, ipilimumab, FOLFIRINOX, nab-paclitaxel
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Since the “war on cancer” was declared in the 1970s, our view of cancer has evolved to an array of different diseases requiring individual battles. Many have been hard-fought, with even minor improvements in patient survival proving extremely challenging. Here we describe how recent developments are beginning to change the narrative for some of these hard-to-treat tumor types. 

 

Click on the PDF icon at the top of this introduction to read the full article.

 

Since the “war on cancer” was declared in the 1970s, our view of cancer has evolved to an array of different diseases requiring individual battles. Many have been hard-fought, with even minor improvements in patient survival proving extremely challenging. Here we describe how recent developments are beginning to change the narrative for some of these hard-to-treat tumor types. 

 

Click on the PDF icon at the top of this introduction to read the full article.

 

Issue
The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology - 12(12)
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The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology - 12(12)
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454-460
Page Number
454-460
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Publications
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Small victories add up to paradigm shifts for hard-to-treat tumors
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Small victories add up to paradigm shifts for hard-to-treat tumors
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ovarian cancer, melanoma, pancreatic cancer, PARP inhibitors, bevacizumab, ipilimumab, FOLFIRINOX, nab-paclitaxel
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ovarian cancer, melanoma, pancreatic cancer, PARP inhibitors, bevacizumab, ipilimumab, FOLFIRINOX, nab-paclitaxel
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