The role of radiation therapy in the management of small cell lung cancer

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a very aggressive form of lung cancer. SCLC treatment requires multidisciplinary management and timely treatment. Radiation therapy is an important part of management of all stages of SCLC, in the curative as well as in the palliative setting. The role of radiation t...

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Autores principales: Glatzer, Markus, Schmid, Sabine, Radovic, Marco, Früh, Martin, Putora, Paul Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29928456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.009617
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description Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a very aggressive form of lung cancer. SCLC treatment requires multidisciplinary management and timely treatment. Radiation therapy is an important part of management of all stages of SCLC, in the curative as well as in the palliative setting. The role of radiation therapy in all stages of SCLC has changed in recent years; this article describes these changes and highlights the role of radiation therapy in the management of SCLC.
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spelling pubmed-60032672018-06-20 The role of radiation therapy in the management of small cell lung cancer Glatzer, Markus Schmid, Sabine Radovic, Marco Früh, Martin Putora, Paul Martin Breathe (Sheff) Reviews Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a very aggressive form of lung cancer. SCLC treatment requires multidisciplinary management and timely treatment. Radiation therapy is an important part of management of all stages of SCLC, in the curative as well as in the palliative setting. The role of radiation therapy in all stages of SCLC has changed in recent years; this article describes these changes and highlights the role of radiation therapy in the management of SCLC. European Respiratory Society 2017-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6003267/ /pubmed/29928456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.009617 Text en Copyright ©ERS 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Breathe articles are open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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