The role of palliative chemotherapy for advanced pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma

Medical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-291

  Hong, Jung Yong ^a   Choi, Moon Ki ^a   Uhm, Ji Eun ^a   Park, Min Jae ^a   Lee, Jeeyun ^a   Park, Yeon Hee ^a   Ahn, Jin Seok ^a   Park, Keunchil ^a   Han, Joung Ho ^a   Ahn, Myung Ju ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Palliative chemotherapy; Pleomorphic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; PACLITAXEL; PEMETREXED;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLEURA METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY PLEIOMORPHIC CARCINOMA; PULMONARY PLEOMORPHIC CARCINOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACLITAXEL; PALLIATIVE CARE; TAXOIDS;

EID: 77953574481     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-008-9117-4     Document Type: Article

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