Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Jun 2005
Cisplatin and gemcitabine induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy or surgery for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
We report a study of induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy for stage IIIA/IIIB non-small cell lung cancer. ⋯ These results are equivalent to other studies using induction chemotherapy prior to concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Response to induction chemotherapy may have major prognostic significance.