Performance status and sensitivity to first-line chemotherapy are significant prognostic factors in patients with recurrent small cell lung cancer receiving second-line chemotherapy

Weekly combination chemotherapy with doc

Weekly combination chemotherapy with docetaxel and gemcitabine as first-line treatment for elderly patients and patients with poor performance status who have extensive-stage small cell lung carcinoma : A Minnie Pearl Cancer Research Network Phase II Trial

✍ John D. Hainsworth; Donna Carrell; Ronald L. Drengler; Carroll Scroggin Jr.; F. 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 77 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The goal of the current study was to evaluate the feasibility, toxicity, and efficacy of a novel combination of weekly docetaxel and gemcitabine for elderly patients and patients with poor performance status who had advanced‐stage small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). ## MET