Upping the Ante in the Face of Progression
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Today I'm going to veer into the realm of style in cancer management rather than focusing on hard evidence. Sadly, it's not a rare event to have cancer progress early despite a perfectly good initial therapy. I just saw a patient in my clinic who illustrates what I consider to be a very reasonable treatment idea that doesn't find its way into the textbook approaches for managing somewhat resistant cancers, but it's worth discussing the concept of upping the ante with subsequent treatment.