A phase 3 study of induction treatment with concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus chemotherapy before surgery in patients with pathologically confirmed N2 stage IIIA nonsmall cell lung cancer (WJTOG9903).

N, Katakami; H, Tada; T, Mitsudomi; S, Kudoh; H, Senba; K, Matsui; H, Saka; T, Kurata; Y, Nishimura; M, Fukuoka

doi:10.1002/cncr.26689

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A phase 3 study of induction treatment with concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus chemotherapy before surgery in patients with pathologically confirmed N2 stage IIIA nonsmall cell lung cancer (WJTOG9903).

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Katakami N

Tada H

Mitsudomi T

Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>This study sought to ascertain whether induction-concurrent radiotherapy added to chemotherapy could improve the survival of patients undergoing surgery for stage IIIA N2 nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC).<h4>Methods</h4>Patients with pathologically proven N2 disease were randomiz...

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