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The role of induction (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy in stage IIIA NSCLC.
Chest - 1 May 1996
Rosell R, Font A, Pifarré A, Canela M, Maurel J, Arellano A, Izquierdo J
Abstract excerpt
Induction (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy has become an accepted treatment for stage IIIA (T1-3N2M0) non-small cell lung cancer. In two recent randomized trials, neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus surgery gave an increase in median survival at least fivefold greater than surgery alone. The Spanish Lung Cancer Group trial of preoperative chemotherapy, in which the cisplatin dose was randomized to either 50 mg/m2 or 100...
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