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Chemotherapeutic options in lung cancer

✍ Scribed by Paul A. Bunn Jr.; Ariel F. Soriano

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 128 KB
Volume: 83
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19981015)83:8+<1740::aid-cncr16>3.0.co;2-u

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✦ Synopsis

Lung carcinoma is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women, accounting for 29% of all cancer deaths. There are no established screening measures, no established prevention agents, and current systemic therapies, such as cytotoxic chemotherapy, fail to cure metastatic disease. The cure rate is a low

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