title: Sensitivity of latent cancer to chemotherapy.
abstract: The paper is a review of some cancer patients who were treated successfully by surgery followed by chemotherapy. The cases suggest the hypothesis that early cancer growth following surgery is more sensitive to chemotherapy than the active cancer growth of the original tumor.
authors.affiliation: Research Service, VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schrek
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents