Oncolytic Viral Therapy and Cancer Treatment Methods in Oncology Cancer is one of the major causes of death worldwide. It can be defined as a disease in which groups of abnormal cells grow uncontrollably by disregarding the normal rules of cell division. According to a 2019 report of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) [71], eighteen million new are diagnosed annually causing almost 10 million deaths. There has been considerable development in the prevention and diagnosis of cancer, but the incidence and mortality still need reduction. Traditional therapies, such as surgery, chemotherapy, hormonal therapies, targeted therapies or radiation therapy, deliver limited long lasting responses in a vast majority of patients with advanced cancers. Over the past few decades, immunotherapy has become an effective therapeutic option against multiple malignancies. The therapy activates and harnesses patients’ own immune system to destroy cancer cells [16, 64]. It includes seve
Oncolytic Viral Therapy and Cancer Treatment Methods in Oncology