Saturday, August 8, 2009
Differences identified in treatments of of patients with second primary lung cancers versus primary lung cancer
Posted by Newt Randall at 4:26 PMPatients with second primary lung cancers (SPLC), when compared to those with one primary lung cancer (OPLC), are more likely to have localized disease at the time of diagnosis and are more likely to receive surgical treatment rather than radiation treatment. However, patients with SPLC have a 12% higher lung cancer specific mortality, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers reported today at the annual meeting of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
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