To Treat or Not to Treat Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients? Current Perspectives

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  • Paul A. Bunn
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The third most common cancer in the United States, lung cancer, is the leading cancer killer of both men and women.[1] Because of the low cure rate (14%), lung cancer kills more individuals than cancers of the breast, prostate, colorectum, and ovary combined.[1] Less than 25% of lung cancer patients present with stages I and II, and nearly all patients die with disseminated systemic disease. Thus, improved systemic therapies are critical to improving the cure rate.

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تاریخ انتشار 2017