Durkin W J
Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine.
Prim Care. 1992 Dec;19(4):759-78.
The chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer has evolved into a major treatment modality. Better results than ever before are being recorded with the integration of this approach into the early and total management of cancer. Although complex and toxic, these drugs and their combinations are contributing in new ways to the treatment of more and more patients. More than 50% of those people afflicted with cancer in 1991 became long-term survivors. Most of these survivors are destined to be followed on a long-term basis by their family doctor.
癌症的化疗已发展成为一种主要的治疗方式。将这种方法纳入癌症的早期综合治疗中，取得了比以往更好的效果。尽管这些药物复杂且有毒，但它们及其组合正以新的方式为越来越多的患者治疗做出贡献。1991年，超过50%的癌症患者成为长期幸存者。这些幸存者中的大多数注定要由他们的家庭医生进行长期随访。
