title: Surgical role in staging and treatment of cancer.
abstract: Current progress in the role of surgery in the treatment of the cancer patient follows several new directions. These include the use of surgical pathology and biological markers to direct operative treatment; operative intervention to stage or restage cancer treated primarily by other modalities; cytoreductive surgery; closer interactions of radiation therapy and chemotherapy with surgery, and operation as a means of access for other treatment modalities.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy