Report highlights increasing use of targeted therapies before surgery for cancer treatment

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Report highlights increasing use of targeted therapies before surgery for cancer treatment
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Breast, bladder, and pancreatic cancers are increasingly being treated with a broad range of therapies before a patient undergoes surgery, and cancer stage at diagnosis continues to be a leading factor in determining a person's survival rate for all types of cancer, according to the first-ever annual cancer report from the National Cancer Database...

American College of SurgeonsDec 3 2024 Breast, bladder, and pancreatic cancer s are increasingly being treated with a broad range of therapies before a patient undergoes surgery, and cancer stage at diagnosis continues to be a leading factor in determining a person's survival rate for all types of cancer, according to the first-ever annual cancer report from the National Cancer Database of the American College of Surgeons Cancer Programs.

Elizabeth B. Habermann, MPH, PhD, first author, chair of the ACS Cancer Data Modeling Committee and professor of health services research at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota The report focuses on 2021, the most recently available data from the NCDB at the time, and overall trends in cancer from 2004-2021.Related StoriesThe report also describes in-depth data on three specific cancers -; breast, colorectal, and pancreatic.

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