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Original Article Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
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The Addition of Chemotherapy to Radiation Therapy Improves Survival in Elderly Patients with Stage III Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Vol. 13Issue 3p426–435Published online: January 8, 2018
- Eric D. Miller
- James L. Fisher
- Karl E. Haglund
- John C. Grecula
- Meng Xu-Welliver
- Erin M. Bertino
- and others
Cited in Scopus: 44
Elderly patients account for the majority of lung cancer diagnoses but are poorly represented in clinical trials. We evaluated the overall survival (OS) of elderly patients with stage III NSCLC treated with definitive radiation compared with that of patients treated with definitive chemoradiation.