Role of Radiotherapy in Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Radiotherapy has had important role in the palliation of NSCLC. Randomized trials tend to suggest that, in general, short regimens give similar palliation and toxicity compared to longer regimens. The benefit of combining chemotherapy to radiosensitize the palliative radiation treatment is an open...

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Main Author: Sergio L. Faria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00229/full