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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lung Cancer. 2012 Sep 27;78(3):245–252. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2012.09.008

Table 3.

Ten most frequent first-line chemotherapy regimens by age group*

< 65 years of age
N= 1649
65 years of age and older
N= 1809
Carboplatin – Paclitaxel 55.7% Carboplatin – Paclitaxel 51.1%
Cisplatin – Etoposide 7.7% Cisplatin – Etoposide 6.4%
Carboplatin – Gemcitabine 4.5% Carboplatin – Gemcitabine 6.1%
Carboplatin 4.4% Carboplatin 5.1%
Bevacizumab - Carboplatin –
Paclitaxel
4.4% Carboplatin – Docetaxel 4.3%
Carboplatin – Docetaxel 2.6% Cisplatin – Gemcitabine 4.3%
Cisplatin – Gemcitabine 2.5% Erlotinib 2.4%
Erlotinib 2.3% Carboplatin – Etoposide 2.4%
Carboplatin – Etoposide 1.8% Vinorelbine 2.3%
Vinorelbine 1.5% Bevacizumab - Carboplatin – 1.7%
Paclitaxel
Other Treatment 12.6% Other Treatment 13.9%
*

Chi-Square difference between proportions: p < 0.0001