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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Komiya T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4704333 | biostudies-other | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Thoracic cancer 20141023 6
Severe (grade 3 or higher) esophagitis is one of the major toxicities for chemoradiation in the treatment of stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The difference among ethnic groups has never been investigated in detail. Prospective trials with concurrent platinum-containing chemoradiation in unresectable disease were investigated, and a total of 116 treatment arms with 7520 patients were identified. Univariate analysis demonstrated that treatment arms conducted in Asia had significantly ...[more]