Pemetrexed as a component of first-, second- and third line chemotherapy in treating patients with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6663-6667

  Huang, Xin En ^a   Tian, Guang Yu ^b   Cao, Jie ^a   Xu, Xia ^a   Lu, Yan Yan ^a   Wu, Xue Yan ^a   Liu, Jin ^a   Shi, Lin ^a   Xiang, Jin ^a  

^a JIANGSU CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Jiangdu People's Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Yangzhou University   (China)

Author keywords

Efficacy; First third line therapies; Lung adenocarcinoma; Pemetrexed; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892468970     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.11.6663     Document Type: Article

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