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Chemoradiotherapy Boosts Survival in Elderly NSCLC Patients
Chemoradiotherapy Boosts Survival in Elderly NSCLC Patients
K Wachter
20110917
2011 Oct 17
Elsevier Global Medical News
Chemoradiotherapy Boosts Survival in Elderly NSCLC Patients
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Oct 17, K Wachter
STOCKHOLM (EGMN) - Patients aged 71 years and older with advanced non-small cell lung cancer showed significantly greater survival with carboplatin chemotherapy plus concurrent radiation than with radiotherapy alone in a Japan Clinical Oncology Group trial that included only elderly patients. Median overall survival was significantly longer, at 22.4 months, for those who received chemoradiotherapy, compared with 16.9...