Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Chemoradiotherapy Compared With Chemoradiotherapy Alone for Regionally Advanced Unresectable Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Cancer and Leukemia Group B
Author(s) -
Everett E. Vokes,
James E. Herndon,
Michael J. Kelley,
M. Giulia Cicchetti,
Nithya Ramnath,
H. Barry Neill,
James N. Atkins,
Dorothy Watson,
Wallace Akerley,
Mark R. Green
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.482
H-Index - 548
eISSN - 1527-7755
pISSN - 0732-183X
DOI - 10.1200/jco.2006.07.3569
Subject(s) - medicine , chemoradiotherapy , carboplatin , induction chemotherapy , chemotherapy , lung cancer , radiation therapy , concomitant , neutropenia , gastroenterology , surgery , stage (stratigraphy) , oncology , cisplatin , paleontology , biology
Standard therapy for unresectable stage III non-small-cell lung cancer includes concomitant chemoradiotherapy. In Cancer and Leukemia Group B 39801, we evaluated whether induction chemotherapy before concurrent chemoradiotherapy would result in improved survival.
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