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Combined modality therapy.

C J McGinn·T J Kinsella
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Encouraging results continue to emerge with the use of chemoradiotherapy. This review of the current literature demonstrates some of the advances that have been achieved in a variety of common malignancies with strategies based on well-defined rationales. Preliminary randomized trials now reveal a survival advantage for chemoradiotherapy in patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer and patients with rectal cancer at high risk for recurrence following resection. Other studies report that concurrent chemoradiotherapy may improve local control in patients with limited-stage, small cell lung cancer or esophageal malignancies. The additional toxicity of these approaches is discussed.

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C J McGinn, T J Kinsella. 1991. Combined modality therapy.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001622-199112000-00013

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