Gaspar L, Teixeira E, Sotto-Mayor R, Ortiz M, Susano R. [Sequential chemo-radiation in non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study of 100 patients].
REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE PNEUMOLOGIA 2003;
9:215-23. [PMID:
14685632 DOI:
10.1016/s0873-2159(15)30680-2]
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Abstract
Combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy has shown to be the correct treatment of unresectable non-small cell lung cancer, after many years of poor survival figures with standard radiotherapy alone. It has also been demonstrated that the benefit of chemotherapy is mainly achieved if cisplatin-based schedules are used. The authors present a retrospective study of 100 cases of stage III non-small cell lung cancer treated with a sequential approach of chemotherapy and radiotherapy and evaluate median and overall survival, local progression-free survival and distant progression-free survival. The results of our series are quite similar to those published in literature.
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