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

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Authors

Anne Aupérin · Université de Montpellier

C. Le Péchoux · Université de Montpellier

Estelle Rolland · Université de Montpellier

Walter J. Curran · Université de Montpellier

Kiyoyuki Furuse · Université de Montpellier

P. Fournel · Université de Montpellier

J. Belderbos ·

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.

Topics & Keywords

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Head and Neck Cancer Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volume 28, Issue 13, pp. 2181-2190

DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.26.2543

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