The Response, Outcome and Toxicity of Aggressive Palliative Thoracic Radiotherapy for Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Controlled Extrathoracic Diseases.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:For metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with controlled extrathoracic disease after systemic treatment, stable or progressive primary lung lesions may cause respiratory symptoms and increase comorbidities. In the present study, we sought to investigate wheth...

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Main Authors: Yun Chiang, James Chih-Hsin Yang, Feng-Ming Hsu, Yu-Hsuan Chen, Jin-Yuan Shih, Zhong-Zhe Lin, Keng-Hsueh Lan, Ann-Lii Cheng, Sung-Hsin Kuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4697816?pdf=render