High-intensity chemotherapy does not improve survival in small c...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Mon, 04/07/2008 - 23:00

Small cell lung cancer patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy did not have better survival rates than those treated with standard doses, according to a randomized controlled trial published online April 8 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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