Non-small cell lung cancer: Clinical practice guidelines in oncology

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1236-1271

  Ettinger, David S ^a   Akerley, Wallace ^b   Borghaei, Hossein ^c   Chang, Andrew C ^d   Cheney, Richard T ^e   Chirieac, Lucian R ^f   D'Amico, Thomas A ^g   Demmy, Todd L ^e   Ganti, Apar Kishor P ^h   Govindan, Ramaswamy ⁱ   Grannis, Frederic W ^j   Horn, Leora ^k   Jahan, Thierry M ^l   Jahanzeb, Mohammad ^m   Kessinger, Anne ^h   Komaki, Ritsuko ⁿ   Kong, Feng Ming ^d   Kris, Mark G ^o   Krug, Lee M ^o   Lennes, Inga T ^p   Loo, Billy W ^q   Martins, Renato ^s   O'Malley, Janis ^s   Osarogiagbon, Raymond U ^m   Otterson, Gregory A ^t   Patel, Jyoti D ^u   Pinder Schenck, Mary C ^v   Pisters, Katherine M ⁿ   Reckamp, Karen ^j   Riely, Gregory J ^o   Rohren, Eric ⁿ   Swanson, Scott J ^f   Wood, Douglas E ^r   Yang, Stephen C ^a   Hughes, Miranda ^w   Gregory, Kristina M ^w   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Da na Farber Brigham and Women s Cancer Center   (United States)

^g DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^o MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^p MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^q STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^t OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^w NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CETUXIMAB; CHROMOGRANIN; CISPLATIN; CRIZOTINIB; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ERLOTINIB; ETOPOSIDE; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; IRINOTECAN; K RAS PROTEIN; MITOMYCIN; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; PEMETREXED; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; VARENICLINE; VINBLASTINE;

ALOPECIA; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISTANT METASTASIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; METASTASIS; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUTROPENIA; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SMOKING; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84870996017     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2012.0130     Document Type: Review

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