Open AccessModern induction chemotherapy before chemoradiation for bulky locally-advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer improves survival
Author(s) -
Irfan Ahmed,
A. Ferro,
Rekha Baby,
Jyoti Malhotra,
Alan Cohler,
John Langenfeld,
Joseph Aisner,
W. Zou,
Salma K. Jabbour
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.177214
Subject(s) - medicine , carboplatin , induction chemotherapy , oncology , chemotherapy , lung cancer , chemoradiotherapy , univariate analysis , radiation therapy , multivariate analysis , surgery , cisplatin
We seek to investigate whether carboplatin-based induction chemotherapy before modern day concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) improves survival in patients with bulky, locally advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC).