Chemotherapeutic Agents for Urologic Oncology

摘要: The main goal of chemotherapy is to cure cancer by killing the neoplastic cells. To keep from metastasizing, may be used in combination with other treatments, such as surgery and radiotherapy. In widespread, fast-growing cancers, reduces cellular proliferation, eases symptoms, improves quality life. When it employed after primary tumor has been treated some modality, called adjuvant chemotherapy. Sometimes neoadjuvant employed, which refers initial use patients localized order reduce burden, there rendering local therapy (surgery or radiotherapy) more effective. A common procedure human that parallel sequential several different antineoplastic agents enhance their effectiveness. Combining targeted therapies an investigational approach under development. This chapter presents a comprehensive overview chemotherapeutics treatment urologic malignancies.