Malignancy Therapy Checklist

Monday, August 15, 2005 at 11:32PM
Keith Holden, MD

Type of therapy

• Surgery (surgical excision for treatment and not diagnostic purposes)
• Irradiation
• Chemotherapy
• Hormones
• Immunotherapy
• Bone marrow or stem cell transplant

Multimodal therapy

• Surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation
• Chemotherapy followed by surgery
• Chemotherapy and concurrent radiation

Other

• Duration of treatment
• Frequency of treatment
• Response to treatment
• Side effects of treatment (short lasting versus permanent)

 

Article originally appeared on Disability Doc - Examining Social Security Disability (http://www.disabilitydoc.com/).