Q J Med 2004; 97: 181-182
QJM vol. 97 no. 3 (c) Association of Physicians 2004; all rights reserved.
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What's the target?
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The aim of therapy in neoplasia varies, ranging from complete eradication of tumour in the common malignancies of childhood, to the devising of a strategy to control the disease within an acceptable lifestyle in the elderly. Profound knowledge of the biology of any tumour is invaluable in the construction of both of these therapeutic objectives. Control of a tumour that cannot be eliminated may depend on the prevention of ulceration, of painful lesions in bone or of infiltrations, but in all cases it is necessary or desirable for tumour cell mass to be reduced. So what