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Chemotherapy can prolong survival in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer--report of a Canadian multicenter randomized trial.

Abstract

The survival benefit of combination chemotherapy to patients with advanced non-small-cell carcinoma of the lung (NSCLC) is controversial. To study this question, the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) Clinical Trials Group conducted a prospective randomized trial comparing best supportive care (BSC) to two chemotherapy regimens, vindesine and cisplatin (VP), and cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (CAP). Between February 1983 …

Authors

Rapp E; Pater JL; Willan A; Cormier Y; Murray N; Evans WK; Hodson DI; Clark DA; Feld R; Arnold AM

Journal

Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 633–641

Publisher

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Publication Date

April 1988

DOI

10.1200/jco.1988.6.4.633

ISSN

0732-183X