A three-arm phase III randomised trial assessing, in patients with extensive-disease (ED) small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), accelerated chemotherapy with the support of haematological growth factor or of oral antibiotics

J. P. Sculier, J. Lecomte, O. Van Cutsem, J. J. Lafitte, T. Berghmans, G. Koumakis, M. C. Florin, P. Mommen, M. Paesmans, V. Ninane, J. Klastersky, For the European Lung Cancer Working Party (Brussels, Belgium)

Source: Annual Congress 2001 - Lung cancer treatment
Session: Lung cancer treatment
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 2135
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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J. P. Sculier, J. Lecomte, O. Van Cutsem, J. J. Lafitte, T. Berghmans, G. Koumakis, M. C. Florin, P. Mommen, M. Paesmans, V. Ninane, J. Klastersky, For the European Lung Cancer Working Party (Brussels, Belgium). A three-arm phase III randomised trial assessing, in patients with extensive-disease (ED) small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), accelerated chemotherapy with the support of haematological growth factor or of oral antibiotics. Eur Respir J 2001; 16: Suppl. 31, 2135

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