Chemotherapy beyond first-line in stage IV metastatic non-small cell lung cancer Quimioterapia em câncer de pulmão não pequenas células metastático estádio IV: além da primeira linha

OBJECTIVE: Platinum-based doublet chemotherapy is considered the standard of care for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, prognosis after recurrent or progressive disease following first-line chemotherapy is usually poor. Maintenance chemotherapy, second line treatment and even thi...

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Main Authors: Riad Naim Younes, José Rodrígues Pereira, Abdo Latif Fares, Jefferson Luiz Gross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira 2011-12-01
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302011000600017