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Editorial
. 2018 Dec;7(Suppl 4):S388-S392.
doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2018.08.12.

Elderly patients with stage III NSCLC survive longer when chemotherapy is added to radiotherapy-fortune favours the bold

Surein Arulananda  1   2   3 , Paul Mitchell  1   3   4
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Editorial

Elderly patients with stage III NSCLC survive longer when chemotherapy is added to radiotherapy-fortune favours the bold

Surein Arulananda et al. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2018 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Paul Mitchell declares Advisory Boards—AstraZeneca, Roche, Boehringer-Ingelheim, BMS, MSD, Celgene; Honoraria—Roche, Merck KGa; Travel Grants (conferences)—Roche, BMS, AstraZeneca. Dr. Surein Arulananda has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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