Chemotherapy plus resection is not better than chemoradiotherapy for baseline unresectable stage IIIA-N2 NSCLC

J. Vansteenkiste, C. Dooms

Source: Breathe 2007; 3: 380
Journal Issue: June
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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J. Vansteenkiste, C. Dooms. Chemotherapy plus resection is not better than chemoradiotherapy for baseline unresectable stage IIIA-N2 NSCLC. Breathe 2007; 3: 380

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