Recent Advances in the Treatment of oral Cancer - An Overview

• Main Authors: M R Divya, K S Nagesh, Asha R Iyengar, Jyoti Gupta, Neeraja Syagam Reddi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2006-01-01
• Series: Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology
• Subjects: Oral Cancer; Photodynamic Therapy; Radiotherapy; Gene Therapy; Cancer Vaccines.
• Online Access: http://www.jiaomr.in/article.asp?issn=0972-1363;year=2006;volume=18;issue=2;spage=98;epage=102;aulast=Divya;type=0

"Necessity is the mother of all inventions". This is also true in case of cancer therapy. Though malignant diseases are being treated by various therapeutic modalities, the greatest drawbacks are recurrence and distant metastases. Few of the treatment methods are also associated with serious side effects, disfigurement and disability. To overcome these setbacks, new treatment methods have been proposed, few of them seem to be very promising. This scientific paper is an overview of the recent advances in cancer therapy.