Multimodal cancer therapy explained

Multimodal cancer therapy, often referred to simply as multimodal therapy or multimodal cancer care, is an approach for treatment of cancer that combines radiation and chemotherapy^[1] or other multiple therapeutic modalities.^[2] For example, in the case of mesotheliomas, treatments combine modalities such as surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and radiotherapy.^[3] Multimodal treatments can often have synergistic effects leading to better clinical outcomes.^[4]

Diverse types of cancer can be treated via a multimodal approach, including non-small cell lung cancer^[5] and gastric cancer.^[6]

See also

• Treatment of cancer

Citations

• Book: Brown. Martin J.. Multimodal Concepts for Integration of Cytotoxic Drugs. Mehta. M. P.. Nieder. Carsten. 2006-08-06. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-3-540-35662-2. 329. en.
• Book: Schlag. Peter M.. Regional Cancer Therapy. Stein. Ulrike S.. 2007-10-20. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-1-59745-225-0. 6. en.
• Book: Liebman. Marcia C.. Multimodal Therapy in Oncology Nursing. Camp-Sorrell. Dawn. 1996. Mosby. 978-0-8151-5422-8. 450. en.
• Book: Bartlett, David L.. Surgical Oncology. 2011-03-31. JP Medical Ltd. 978-93-5025-051-8. 141. en.
• Book: Polascik, Thomas J.. Imaging and Focal Therapy of Early Prostate Cancer. 2017-02-22. Springer. 978-3-319-49911-6. 396. en.

Notes and References

1. Book: Yarbro. Connie Henke. Cancer Symptom Management. Frogge. Margaret Hansen. Goodman. Michelle. 2004. Jones & Bartlett Learning. 978-0-7637-2142-8. 280. en.
2. Book: Søreide. Kjetil. Textbook of Pancreatic Cancer: Principles and Practice of Surgical Oncology. Stättner. Stefan. 2021-02-04. Springer Nature. 978-3-030-53786-9. 1009. en.
3. Berzenji. Lawek. Van Schil. Paul. 2018-10-22. Multimodality treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. F1000Research. 7. F1000 Faculty Rev–1681. 10.12688/f1000research.15796.1. 2046-1402. 6198256. 30410726 . free .
4. Fan. Wenpei. Yung. Bryant. Huang. Peng. Chen. Xiaoyuan. 2017-11-22. Nanotechnology for Multimodal Synergistic Cancer Therapy. Chemical Reviews. 117. 22. 13566–13638. 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00258. 29048884. 0009-2665.
5. Montemuiño Muñiz. Sara. Marcos Sánchez. Soraya. Calzas Rodríguez. Julia. Losada Vila. Beatriz. Llorente Herrero. Esther. Hisado Díaz. María Dolores. Valeri-Busto González. Victoria. Taboada Valladares. Begoña. Vaquero Barrón. Blanca. Marcos Jimenez. Francisco José. Amor Alonso. Sergio. 2021-04-22. Advances in multimodal treatment for stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Clinical and Translational Research. 7. 2. 185–198. 2424-810X. 8177852. 34104821.
6. Proserpio. Ilaria. Rausei. Stefano. Barzaghi. Sabrina. Frattini. Francesco. Galli. Federica. Iovino. Domenico. Rovera. Francesca. Boni. Luigi. Dionigi. Gianlorenzo. Pinotti. Graziella. 2014-04-27. Multimodal treatment of gastric cancer. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 6. 4. 55–58. 10.4240/wjgs.v6.i4.55. 1948-9366. 4013710. 24829622 . free .