Maintenance Therapies for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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Maintenance Therapies for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Treatment of lung cancer had evolved during the last decade with the introduction of new chemotherapeutic regimens and targeted therapies. However, the maximum benefit reached after first-line therapy is limited by the cumulative toxicity of platinum drugs and the subsequent deterioration in performance status in a high percentage of patients who end up receiving not more than one line of treat...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Oncology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2234-943X
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00213