A Meta-Analysis of Thoracic Radiotherapy for Small-Cell Lung Cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 327, Issue 23, 1992, Pages 1618-1624

  Pignon, Jean Pierre ^a   Arriagada, Rodrigo ^b   Ihde, Daniel C ^c   Johnson, David H ^d   Perry, Michael C ^e   Souhami, Robert L ^f   Brodin, Ola ^g   Joss, Rudolf A ^a,h   Kies, Merrill S ⁱ   Lebeau, Bernard ^j   Onoshi, Taisuke ^k   Østerlind, Kell ^l   Tattersall, Martin H n ^m   Wagner, Henry ⁿ  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b National Cancer Institute ^*

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation   (United States)

^j HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^k OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^l Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^m ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOTHERAPY; DEATH; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0026482388     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199212033272302     Document Type: Article

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