Oncology

Front Line Therapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

March 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment
Source: 9th European Congress: Perspectives in Lung Cancer, Torino, Italy, March 14-15, 2008
Nick Thatcher
Nick Thatcher

NICK THATCHER, Christie Hospital, Manchester
There is a proven benefit in survival if you give your patients cis-platinum based chemotherapy after resection for non-small cell lung cancer. Nick Thatcher emphasized this fact at the beginning of his talk in Turin about front line therapy for non-small cell lung cancer. He went on to discuss optimizing therapy with respect to histology, performance status and the addition of targeted agents. Peter Goodwin interviewed him about his recommendations.

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