Subdividing NSCLC: Reflections on the past, present, and future of lung cancer therapy

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Argiris, Athanassios ^a   Gadgeel, Shirish M ^b   Dacic, Sanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CETUXIMAB; ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; NAVELBINE; PEMETREXED; PLACEBO; PLATINUM; SORAFENIB;

BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; REVIEW;

EID: 73349085543     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: 08909091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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