title: [Surgical oncology: historical development and current status].
abstract: The surgical oncology remains an essential part in the multidisciplinary management for patients with cancer, even though the current progress in field of radiotherapy, chemotherapy, systemic therapies, including therapies directed to molecular targets. Their role impact in several moments during the management of an oncological patient: prevention, diagnosis, assessment of the spread of the disease, curative treatment, management of the sequels, complications by the treatment and not less important, the palliation. The current state of the surgical oncology as a result of a constant development, inspired by skillful hands with creative and restless minds, have achieved to mark the history of the medicine in an area which currently has a great transcendence and an accelerated growth in a short period of time. Under this argument, we have decided to present an updated overview about the role of the surgical oncology, from the evolution through the history until all their applications in the different areas of the oncology.
authors: División de Cirugía Oncológica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México, D.F. takabeto18@hotmail.com
authors: Martín
authors: M
authors: Granados García
authors: Arturo
authors: A
authors: Beltrán Ortega
authors: Beatriz Lucero
authors: BL
authors: Soto Sánchez
authors: Alberto Mitsuo
authors: AM
authors: León Takahashi
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery*