Re: Steph? - change of protocol for early NSCLC?

"Steph" <steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>> In patients who did not have chemotherapy, fifty-four percent survived for
>> five years. But sixty-nine percent of the patients who had chemotherapy
>> were still alive after five years. The study was published in June in the
>> New England Journal of Medicine. Two other studies had similar findings.
>>
>> Doctor Winton said chemotherapy drugs have improved over the years. He
>> also said there are now better treatments for the side effects.
>>
>> Doctors say the studies have already begun to change care for patients in
>> the early stages of lung cancer. Experts are now advising doctors that
>> chemotherapy should be given after surgery for some patients with
>> early-stage lung cancer.
>>
>> This VOA Special English Health Report was written by Cynthia Kirk. Our
>> features are online at specialenglish.com. I'm Faith Lapidus.
>>
>
> These reports have not generated too much excitement in our lung tumour
> group


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