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. 2015 Jan;12(1):8-10.
doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.212. Epub 2014 Dec 2.

Lung cancer. How much platinum-based chemotherapy is enough in NSCLC?

Solange Peters  1 , Alex A Adjei  2
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Lung cancer. How much platinum-based chemotherapy is enough in NSCLC?

Solange Peters et al. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2015 Jan.

Abstract

With no large randomized phase III trials to provide definitive answers, the ideal number of platinum-based chemotherapy cycles in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer has long been unclear. Most guidelines recommend a maximum of 4–6 cycles. Rossi and colleagues now suggest that four chemotherapy cycles is the optimal regimen.

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