Chemotherapy helps elderly patients with small cell lung cancer

(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) In the Oct. issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's journal, the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, researchers conclude that chemotherapy is associated with a greater than six-month improvement in median survival among elderly patients with SCLC, even in patients over the age of 80 years.
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