What specific issues arise in the management of elderly patients with advanced NSCLC?

J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Treatment of metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer in the era of targeted therapies
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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