Smoking and Prognostic Factors in an Observational Setting in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

<p><b>Background</b>: This prospective observational study estimated the effect of prognostic factors, particularly continued smoking during therapy, on survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients receiving gemcitabine-platinum. Further, prognostic factors were...

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Main Author: Chien-Te Li, Magdalena Marek, Salih Z Guclu, Younseup Kim, Mohamed Meshref, Shukui Qin, Zbigniew Kadziola, Kurt Krejcy, Sedat Altug
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Cancer
Online Access:http://www.jcancer.org/v02p0052.htm