title: Treatment of malignancies, past and present.
abstract: Clinical research has provided both insights into the biology of malignancy and therapeutic approaches that will eradicate cancer in at least half of the million patients who will be diagnosed in the United States this year. New tactics are being pursued for those with advanced metastases. Biological therapy and gene therapy hold much promise.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Freireich
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000266:history; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products