Lung cancer * 5: State of the art radiotherapy for lung cancer
Open Access
- 1 May 2003
- Vol. 58 (5), 447-452
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax.58.5.447
Abstract
Radiotherapy has a key role in curative and palliative treatments of patients with lung cancer. Important advances are described in the technique of treatment delivery and its integration with chemotherapy.Keywords
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