Protocols versus Algorithms One Factor Hindering Progress in Chemotherapy
Journal Title: Journal of Ocular Biology - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Cancer treatment has made giant leaps in the past few decades, but most experts feel that even with more research and development we are barely scratching the surface. Having lost both my parents to cancer at a relatively early age, I am very sensitive to the topic of cancer treatment. As a physician who was rarely involved with cancer treatment, I have watched the progress made in the past 30 years – sometimes with wonder; other times with bewilderment. When it comes to non-surgical treatment, especially chemotherapy, it had been difficult for me to see the vast range of efficacy and safety of the same protocols as they were applied to individual patients. The short answer to the big “why?” has always been “people are different and they will respond differently!” This answer was sufficient for me until I started getting involved in a different kind of chemotherapy: pharmacologic treatments of retinal diseases, especially choroidal neovascularization and macular edema.
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Nabil M Jabbour
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