Current Insights in Radiation Combination Therapies: Influence of Omics and Novel Targeted Agents in Defining New Concepts in Radiation Biology and Clinical Radiation Oncology

Radiotherapy is a critical and integral part of cancer care for over 50% of patients with cancer, where it is either used alone or in combination with other treatment modalities. Studies using an optimal radiotherapy utilization tree estimate that the optimal proportion of cancer patients that should receive external beam radiotherapy is 52%. A further Monte Carlo analysis demonstrated that, with a 95% confidence limit, 51.7%-53.1% of cancer patients should be treated with radiotherapy,1 a projection further supported by recent data from both resource-rich and resource-limited settings.
Source: Seminars in Radiation Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research