Retrospective analysis of the treatment of patients with small cell lung cancer showing poor performance status

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 128-133

  Sakuragi, Tohru ^a   Oshita, Fumihiro ^a   Nagashima, Seiji ^a   Kasai, Takashi ^a   Kurata, Takayasu ^a   Fukuda, Minoru ^a   Yamamoto, Nobuyuki ^a   Ohe, Yuichiro ^a   Tamura, Tomohide ^a   Eguchi, Kenji ^a   Shinkai, Tetsu ^a   Saijo, Nagahiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Poor performance status; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030161567     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jjco.a023195     Document Type: Article

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