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. 2018 Jun 29;23(10):1162–1170. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0654

Figure 1.

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Interventional oncology plays a key role in integrated cancer care. (A): The four pillars of cancer care: medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, and interventional oncology. (B): The old approach to intervention was largely linear (biopsy → diagnosis → treatment). The emerging promise of IO is one of multiple rebiopsies to optimize therapeutic approaches including interventions.

Abbreviations: Bx, Biopsy; Tx, Treatment.