Should maintenance chemotherapy be used to treat small cell lung cancer?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1148-1151

  Sculier, J P ^a   Joss, R A ^a   Schefer, H ^a   Hirsch, F R ^a   Hansen, H H ^a  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRETAMINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; LOMUSTINE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE; VINDESINE;

CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031829119     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00081-1     Document Type: Article

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