Primary induction chemotherapy—

Drug therapy is administered as the primary treatment for many hematologic cancers and for advanced solid tumors for which no alternative treatment exists. Although primary induction can be curative in a small number of patients who present with advanced metastatic disease (eg, lymphoma, acute myelogenous leukemia, germ cell cancer, choriocarcinoma, and several childhood cancers), in many cases the goals of therapy are palliation of cancer symptoms, improved quality of life, and increased time to tumor progression.