Lung cancer patients have brighter prospects of survival after surgery. A clinical trial has shown that combination chemotherapy given after complete surgical removal of early-stage lung cancer significantly prolongs patients' survival.
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This study should solidify opinion in favour of changing the standard of care for these patients. A 15 percent overall survival benefit 5 years after surgery and prolonged disease-free survival in this population are major advances.
June 2004
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