Is there a role for adjuvant therapy for resected non-small cell lung cancer?

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages

  Jett, James R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; COBALT 60; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MITOMYCIN; NAVELBINE; NITROSOUREA; PACLITAXEL; VINDESINE;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032804557     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.2008.s37     Document Type: Short Survey

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