Priorities in experimental therapeutics--a surfeit of riches.
Experimental therapeutics plays a key role in determining which areas of basic biological research are developed to see if they can be of use in cancer medicine. The recent expansion in our basic knowledge about biology and cancer makes difficult the choice of what areas should be developed. Six such areas are reviewed and assessed. Several hold the promise of improving the management of cancer. More important, developmental therapeutics itself adds to our basic knowledge of cancer and this in turn may indicate those areas which, if developed, will lead to cure of this disease.
Hillcoat
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Department of Cancer Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D012106:Research