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Meta-Analysis of Concomitant Versus Sequential Radiochemotherapy in Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2010 · Vol. 28(13) · pp. 2181–2190
Anne AupérinC. Le PéchouxEstelle RollandWalter J. CurranKiyoyuki FuruseP. FournelJ. BelderbosGerald H. ClamonH Cüneyt UlutinRebecca PaulusTakeharu YamanakaMarie‐Cécile BozonnatA. L. J. UitterhoeveXiaofei WangLesley StewartR. ArriagadaSarah BurdettJean‐Pierre Pignon

Abstract

Concomitant radiochemotherapy, as compared with sequential radiochemotherapy, improved survival of patients with locally advanced NSCLC, primarily because of a better locoregional control, but at the cost of manageable increased acute esophageal toxicity.

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentAdvanced Radiotherapy TechniquesHead and Neck Cancer StudiesConcomitantMedicineInternal medicineHazard ratioLung cancerOncologyRandomized controlled trialChemotherapyRadiation therapyProgression-free survival

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungDrug Administration ScheduleEsophagusFemaleHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingRadiation DosageTime Factors

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  • Sanofi
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