Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 445-447 , October 2003

No consensus on the optimal palliative radiotherapy regimen for people with inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer: Abstracted from: Toy E., Macbeth F., Coles, B. et al. Palliative thoracic radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer: A systematic review. American Journal of Clinical Oncology 2003;26:112–120.

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 Sources of funding: Not stated.

☆☆ For correspondence: Dr Elizabeth Toy, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Exeter Oncology Centre, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter, Devon, UK EX2 5DW.

 Abstract provided by Bazian Ltd., London.

PII: S0305-7372(03)00166-X

doi: 10.1016/S0305-7372(03)00166-X

Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 445-447 , October 2003