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  • Title: [Characteristics of the therapeutic measures in lung cancer].
    Author: Berëzkin DP, Vagner RI, Ekimov VI, Filatov VN.
    Journal: Vopr Onkol; 1988; 34(8):936-42. PubMed ID: 2458655.
    Abstract:
    The paper discusses procedures used at Soviet oncological establishment for the treatment of 11,089 cases of lung cancer within 1968-1972 and 1974-1980. Stage I-II cancer was diagnosed in 24%, while stage III--in 41 and stage IV--in 35%. Radical treatment was carried out in 20%. Radiation, chemotherapy and chemoradiation treatment were most frequently used in 1974-1980 (18, 20 and 10% of patients, respectively).
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