Table 1.
Cancer treatment modalities.
| Cancer treatment modality | Prior to 1970 | 1970 to 2023 | Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Radiation therapy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chemotherapy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pharmacological hormone therapy | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Treatments targeting genes with oncogenic alterations and related signaling pathways | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Photodynamic therapy | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Antibody drug conjugates | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Immune check point inhibitors | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Bispecific T-cell engagers | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Oncolytic virus therapy | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy | ✓ | ✓ |