Informing decisions concerning adjuvant chemotherapy following surgical resection for non-small cell lung cancer: a mathematical modelling study

Lung Cancer. 2006 Aug;53(2):153-6. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2006.04.009. Epub 2006 Jun 12.

Abstract

Faced with the problem of giving individualised advice about adjuvant chemotherapy to patients who have had an apparently curative lung cancer resection, we propose a model to help clarify the choices being made. This would inform the clinician, help the patient and be an explicit basis on which to initiate the discussion.

Publication types

  • Meta-Analysis
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / surgery*
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Decision Making*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Pneumonectomy*
  • Research Design
  • Survival Analysis
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents