## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. This randomized pilot trial investigated whether primary chemotherapy was feasible in terms of efficacy, survival, toxicity profile, and quality of life compared with whole‐brain radiotherapy (WBRT) given first in chemotherapy‐naive patients nonsmall cell lung cancer (NS
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Time for reappraisal of extracranial treatment options? : Synchronous brain metastases from nonsmall cell lung cancer
✍ Scribed by Joline S.W. Lind; Frank J. Lagerwaard; Egbert F. Smit; Pieter E. Postmus; Ben J. Slotman; Suresh Senan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 445 KB
- Volume
- 117
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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