Current Issues in Cancer

Current Issues in Cancer

In the narrowest sense radiotherapy is a treatment almost exclusively used in managing cancer and based on the use of ionising radiation. In practice, however, the scope of the subject is broad (box 1) as management decisions relating to cancer must be made in the context of a thorough appraisal of the tumour and patient. Tumours are characterised by histogenesis and morphology, and, increasing...

Current Issues in Breast Cancer

Current issues in gastric cancer epidemiology.

Gastric cancer, one of the most common malignant tumors of digestive tract continues to be a major health problem by frequency, aggressiveness and low rate of cure in symptomatic stage. Although its incidence is decreasing (especially in the West), globally the gastric cancer is ranked fourth in incidence among cancers at various sites. Despite these developments, the gastric cancer mortality, ...

Current Issues in Cervical Cancer Radiotherapy

Cervical cancer is a significant global health burden being the 4th most common cause of cancer related death in women worldwide [1]. This is despite the introduction of primary and secondary prevention measures within the developed world. A high proportion of patients present with locally advanced disease, defined as FIGO stage 1B2 to IVA. In this group of patients the standard of care is to t...

Immune Issues and Mechanisms in Cancer

The immunologic defense mechanism is well demon­trated in neoplasia of animals and human. Spontaneous regression of many human tumors such as malignant melanomas, 1vmphosarcomas, neuroblastomas choriocar­cinomas, adenocarcinomas and leukemias is due to the defense mechanism of lymphoretrcular system. The discovery of carcinoembrvonicantigen in carcinoma of gastrointestinal tract and the alpha-f...