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Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Patients with Small-Cell Lung Cancer in Complete Remission
Reviewers: Li Liu, MDSource: The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 341, No 7 (August):476-484, 1999BackgroundThe brain is one of the most common sites for metastasis in small-cell lung cancer. Of patients who achieve a complete remission after... |
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Randomized Study of Code Versus Alternating CAV/EP for Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Reviewers: John Han-Chih Chang, MDSource: Journal of Clinical Oncology 1999; Volume 17: pages 2300 - 2308BackgroundSmall-cell lung cancer (SCLCa) is found to be "extensive stage" (ES) in nearly two-thirds of the cases. A recent trial demonstrated... |
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Randomized Study of CODE Versus Alternating CAV/EP for Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: An Intergroup Study of the National Cancer Institute of Canada clinical Trials Group and the Southwest Oncology Group
Reviewers: Li Liu, MDSource: Journal of Clinical Oncology, Volume 17, No 8 (August):2300-2308, 1999BackgroundDespite decades of intensive investigation using various combinations of chemotherapy, the outcome of patients with extensive-stage small... |
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Randomized Study of Initial versus Late Chest Irradiation Combined with Chemotherapy in Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
Reviewers: John Han-Chih Chang, MD and Kenneth Blank, MD Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology 1997, Volume 15 (9): pages 3030 - 37.BackgroundThere are a handful of prospective studies looking at the timing of thoracic or chest irradiation (CI) in... |
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Randomized Trial of Alternating Versus Sequential Radiotherapy/Chemotherapy in Limited-Disease Patients With Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Reviewers: John Han-Chih Chang, MD and Ken Blank, MD Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology Aug 1997; Vol. 15, No 8: pages 2840 - 9.This article details the European Organization for Research and Therapy of Cancer (EORTC) Lung Cancer Cooperative... |
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Role of Radiaton Therapy in the Combined-Modality Treatment of Patients with Extensive Disease Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized Study
Reviewers: John Han-Chih Chang, MDSource: JCO 1999; Volume 17: 2092 - 2099SummaryThe authors have published a single institution study from the University Hospital in Kragujevac, Yugoslavia. Two hundred ten patients with extensive stage small cell... |
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