The use of chemotherapy in elderly patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: A National Cancer Database analysis

Authors :: Ashiq Masood
Varsha Muthukumar
Lara Kujtan
Kevin F. Kennedy
Janakiraman Subramanian
Source :: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 36:e21235-e21235
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2018.
Abstract: e21235Background: The median age at diagnosis of lung cancer is 70 years, and prospective studies have shown clear survival benefit for chemotherapy in elderly patients. However there are limited d...

Subjects :: Oncology
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Chemotherapy
business.industry
Database analysis
medicine.medical_treatment
Age at diagnosis
Cancer
medicine.disease
Survival benefit
Internal medicine
medicine
Non small cell
business
Prospective cohort study
Lung cancer

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