# A Wave of New Cancer Treatments Challenges Community Oncologists to Keep Up

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/a-wave-of-new-cancer-treatments-challenges-community-oncologists-to-keep-up/
- Published: 2022-04-07T09:30:36-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image credit: Fatinha Ramos. Article by Claudia Wallis. Scientific American April 2022 Issue New treatments for cancer are being developed at a breathtaking pace. Novel drugs, immunotherapies that enhance the body’s ability to attack tumors, and other innovations have been approved at a rate of three or four a month. “Ten years ago it was 10 a year; today the pace is one a week,” marvels oncologist Tufia Haddad, a breast cancer specialist at the Mayo Clinic. These therapies […] Click here to view original web page at www.scientificamerican.com