Excess mortality and undertreatment in elderly lung cancer patients: treatment nihilism in the modern era?
Treatment of elderly patients with lung cancer is significantly hindered by concerns about treatment tolerability, toxicity and limited clinical trial data in the elderly; potentially giving rise to treatment nihilism amongst clinicians. This study aims to describe survival in elderly patients with...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2021-05-01
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| Series: | ERJ Open Research |
| Online Access: | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/2/00393-2020.full |