Excess mortality and undertreatment in elderly lung cancer patients: treatment nihilism in the modern era?

Treatment of elderly patients with lung cancer is significantly hindered by concerns about treatment tolerability, toxicity and limited clinical trial data in the elderly; potentially giving rise to treatment nihilism amongst clinicians. This study aims to describe survival in elderly patients with...

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Autores principales: Pham, Jonathan, Conron, Matthew, Wright, Gavin, Mitchell, Paul, Ball, David, Philip, Jennifer, Brand, Margaret, Zalcberg, John, Stirling, Rob G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2021
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Original Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8141829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34046489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00393-2020

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8141829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34046489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00393-2020

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