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Costs of Long-Course Palliative Radiotherapy Acceptable in Late-Stage Lung Cancer
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute
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A longer, less intense course of radiotherapy provides better value for the money than a shorter, more intense regimen when given to ease pain and other complaints in patients with late-stage nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study in the December 20 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Patients with late-stage