Endobronchial Ultrasound to Evaluate Downstaging of Lung Cancer After Combined Chemotherapy and Radiation Treatment
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Feb 20, 2014
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lung cancer, endobronchial ultrasound, chemotherapy and radiotherapy
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Chemotherapy and radiotherapy, separately or sequentially, are established protocols in the management of lung malignancy. However, as early as 1999 a study in Osaka, Japan concluded that the concurrent approach yielded a significantly increased response rate and enhanced median survival duration when compared with the sequential approach [as applied to selected patients with unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)].
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Saenghirunvattana S, Boonpeng C, Lodi T, Napairee C, Chusaktrakul S, Castillon CL, Sutthisri K, Siangproh C, Gonzales MC. Endobronchial Ultrasound to Evaluate Downstaging of Lung Cancer After Combined Chemotherapy and Radiation Treatment. BKK Med J [Internet]. 2014 Feb. 20 [cited 2024 Nov. 23];7(1):39. Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/bkkmedj/article/view/218734
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