
|Videos|October 18, 2013
The Use of Chemotherapy in Lung Cancer
Author(s)Silvia Novello, MD, PhD
Silvia Novello, MD, PhD, discusses the use of chemotherapy in lung cancer.
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Silvia Novello, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Thoracic Oncology Unit, University of Turin, San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, Italy, discusses the use of chemotherapy in lung cancer.
Clinical Pearls
- Currently, only patients with stage II and stage III are candidates for chemotherapy treatment
- Physicians do not use histology, molecular profiling or other characteristics to select patients for chemotherapy in this space
- Chemotherapy is given to patients with stage II or stage III lung cancer who are completely resected and have a successful surgery
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