Abstract
Toxicities have been an accepted consequence of radiation- and drug-based cancer therapies since the times of Curie and Farber. Inevitably patients’ anxieties were not only about the prognosis associated with their cancer diagnosis but also about the treatment-related hell they would be expected to endure. The pitch that treatment side effects however horrible were a small price to pay for effective cancer interventions was preached by caregivers and tolerated by patients. Supportive cancer care was reactive, rudimentary, and without scientific rationale. Dose de-escalation or breaks in radiation were primary strategies to minimize toxicity, but had an adverse effect on tumor control.
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Sonis, S.T. et al. (2013). Conclusion. In: Sonis, S., Keefe, D. (eds) Pathobiology of Cancer Regimen-Related Toxicities. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5438-0_15
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