Role of Radiation Therapy in Small Cell Lung Cancer: a Bio-clinico-pathological Review and Perspective

Overview

Journal J Natl Med Assoc

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1987 May 1

PMID 3035198

Authors

S Vijayakumar

K Shepard

F Thomas

J Weick

T Rice

A Mehta

Affiliations

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Abstract

The role of radiotherapy in small cell carcinoma of the lung is unsettled; however, the radiosensitivity of this neoplasm is unquestioned. The ability of radiotherapy to cure or improve patients with this disease is still undergoing study. A review of this challenging subject is presented.

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