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How long do you continue maintenance chemotherapy for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer in patients who have achieved a radiographic CR?

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Medical Oncology · Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

This is a very difficult question. I think we need to keep in mind that less than 5% of all advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer patients acheive a CR with systemic chemotherapy. In addition, most of the maintenance studies published don't separate out CR and PR when discussing responses to the...

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