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Radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
1Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, 7 Debinki St, 80-211, Gdańsk, Poland. jjassem@amg.gda.pl
Lung Cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
|November 27, 2001
Abstract:
This article shortly reviews the role of external-beam radiotherapy in the management of NSCLC with the focus on novel therapeutic approaches. The following applications of radiotherapy are addressed: definitive treatment in localized inoperable disease, radiotherapy as an adjunct to surgery (preoperative and postoperative), and palliative chest irradiation.