New Approaches in Cancer Research

Abstract

For decades, the improvement and refinement of surgical techniques and the purposeful use of radiotherapy have met with considerable success. The concerted application of surgery and radiotherapy has especially contributed to the fact that many types of cancer are no longer considered incurable. Especially in the case of common cancer types, however, it is obvious that these successes are limited; the treatment results for cancers of the lung, the intestinal tract, the efferent urinary passages, and the breast are stagnating. Significant improvements only appear possible through early detection. The development of methods for early detection of lung cancer, for example, should thus be promoted.