Dissociated responses at initial computed tomography evaluation is a good prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with anti-programmed cell death-1/ligand 1 inhibitors

Abstract Background Dissociated responses (DR) are phenomena in which some tumors shrink, whereas others progress during treatment of patients with cancer. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the frequency and prognosis of DR in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with a...

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Main Authors: Takehiro Tozuka, Satoru Kitazono, Hiroaki Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yoshida, Yoshiaki Amino, Shinya Uematsu, Takahiro Yoshizawa, Tsukasa Hasegawa, Ken Uchibori, Noriko Yanagitani, Atsushi Horiike, Takeshi Horai, Masahiro Seike, Akihiko Gemma, Makoto Nishio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-6704-z