Results of combined-modality therapy for limited-stage small cell lung carcinoma in the elderly

Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2349-2354

  Schild, Steven E ^a,h   Stella, Philip J ^b   Brooks, Burke J ^c   Mandrekar, Sumithra ^a   Bonner, James A ^d   McGinnis, William L ^e   Mailliard, James A ^f   Krook, James E ^g   Deming, Richard L ^e   Adjei, Alex A ^a   Jatoi, Aminah ^a   Jett, James R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Michigan Cancer Research Consortium   (United States)

^c Ochsner CCOP   (United States)

^d The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e Iowa Oncology Research Association CCOP   (United States)

^f MISSOURI VALLEY CANCER CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^g Duluth CCOP   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Chemotherapy; Combined modality therapy; Elderly; Limited stage small cell lung carcinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21044441487     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21034     Document Type: Article

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