Cancer Reform Strategy - NHS Cancer Screening Programmes

CHAPTER 4: ENSURING BETTER TREATMENT 69Box 22: Thyroid cancer●●Increased use of radioactive iodine and other targeted radioactive substances; andMore node dissection as part of surgery.Box 23: Brain and Central Nervous System cancers●●●More combination therapy including surgery with chemo-radiation;More highly conformal and hyperfractionated radiotherapy; andProton therapy, especially for children.Box 24: Sarcoma●●●Increased use of conformal radiotherapy and proton therapy;More preoperative radiotherapy; andNew drugs.Box 25: Skin cancer●●●More targeted adjuvant chemotherapy and topical treatments;Increased use of photodynamic therapy and Mohs’ micrographic surgery; andPossible new drug agents for patients with advanced disease.