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. 1995 Jul;71(837):393–396. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.71.837.393

Radiotherapy and chemotherapy for inoperable non-small cell lung cancer.

C Bleasdale 1, B Jones 1
PMCID: PMC2397979  PMID: 7567729

Abstract

Non-small cell lung cancer is a major cause of mortality and significant morbidity in the UK. The majority of patients are inoperable and the optimum management of these patients requires a multidisciplinary approach involving the cooperation of respiratory physicians, thoracic surgeons and clinical oncologists (radiotherapists). Treatment techniques are constantly being refined and new approaches developed.

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