Study Current and Future Therapies in the Treatment of Cancer

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. The most common types of cancer among men are: Pulmonary, prostate, colorectal, stomach, and hepatic, and the most common among women are breast, colorectal, pulmonary, cervical, and thyroid. The objective of this manuscript was to study current and future therapies in the treatment of cancer. Data were collected using a quantitative and descriptive approach, through books and the following databases: Scopus, SciVerse, Scientific Electronic Library Online, and the Academic Search Tool. The search was developed using the subject cancer, therapies, and treatment referred to in journals, through a review of the literature on the subject. In the initial search, the titles and abstracts of the articles were considered for the broad selection of likely works of interest, with the abstracts being highlighted.