Postoperative radiotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer warrants further exploration in the era of adjuvant chemotherapy and conformal radiotherapy

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2978-2980

  Bonner, James A ^a   Spencer, Sharon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; PACLITAXEL;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; META ANALYSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; LUNG TUMOR; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 33746025603     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.05.8560     Document Type: Editorial

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