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Individualized adjuvant chemotherapy for surgically resected lung cancer and the roles of biomarkers.
Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia - 1 Jun 2009
Ikeda Norihiko, Nagase Seisuke, Ohira Tatsuo
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Several prospective randomized trials for patients with completely resected stages II and IIIA nonsmall cell lung cancer have confirmed a survival benefit with cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy. The Lung Adjuvant Cisplatin Evaluation, which is based on pooled analyses of five randomized trials, has demonstrated a 4.2% absolute survival benefit at 5 years. The stage is the benchmark standard used to decide the...
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