Details for Carboplatin/Paclitaxel or Carboplatin/Vinorelbine Followed by Accelerated Hyperfractionated ...
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Carboplatin/Paclitaxel or Carboplatin/Vinorelbine Followed by Accelerated Hyperfractionated ...
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Radiation therapy (RT) alone cures approximately 10% and 25% of patients with locally advanced and medically unresectable non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), respectively.1-5 The addition of equential 5-10 or concurrent chemotherapy11,12 with de?nitive RT modestly improves survival. Concurrent chemotherapy appears more ef?cacious than sequential therapy.13,14 High-dose 6,15-20 and/or intensi?ed/shortened21, 22 RT programs have been proposed.