Postoperative radiotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data from nine randomised controlled trials

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9124, 1998, Pages 257-263

  Stewart, L A ^a   Burdett, S ^a   Parmar, M K B ^a   Souhami, R L ^k   Arriagada, R ^b   Girling, D J ^k   Pignon, J P ^c   Torri, V ^d   Brichet, A H ^e   Lafitte, J J ^e   Dautzenberg, B ^k   Debevec, M ^f   Kovac, V ^f   Stephens, R J ^k   Gregor, A ^g   Piantadosi, S ^k   Rocmans, P ^h   Van Houtte, P ⁱ   Wang, M ^j  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto de Radiomedicina Santiago   (Chile)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^g Europ Organisation Res Treatm C   (Belgium)

^h SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁱ JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^j PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032566225     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)06341-7     Document Type: Article

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