Small cell lung cancer: Clinical practice guidelines in oncology

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-98

  Kalemkerian, Gregory P ^a   Akerley, Wallace ^b   Bogner, Paul ^c   Borghaei, Hossein ^d   Chow, Laura QM ^e   Downey, Robert J ^f   Gandhi, Leena ^g   Ganti, Apar Kishor P ^h   Govindan, Ramaswamy ⁱ   Grecula, John C ^j   Hayman, James ^a   Heist, Rebecca Suk ^k   Horn, Leora ^l   Jahan, Thierry ^m   Koczywas, Marianna ⁿ   Loo, Billy W ^o   Merritt, Robert E ^o   Moran, Cesar A ^p   Niell, Harvey B ^q   O'Malley, Janis ^r   Patel, Jyoti D ^s   Ready, Neal ^t   Rudin, Charles M ^u   Williams, Charles C ^v   Gregory, Kristina ^w   Hughes, Miranda ^w   more..

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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

^h NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^l VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^q ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^s NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^u JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^w NONE

more..

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMRUBICIN; BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CONIVAPTAN; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEMECLOCYCLINE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; IRINOTECAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NAVELBINE; OPIATE; PACLITAXEL; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TOLVAPTAN; TOPOTECAN; VINCRISTINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; SKULL IRRADIATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84874589027     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2013.0011     Document Type: Article

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