Cisplatin-based chemotherapy in elderly patients with advanced stage (IIIB and IV) non-small cell lung cancer patients

Ozkaya S., Findik S., Atici A. G., Dirican A.

NEOPLASMA, cilt.58, sa.4, ss.348-351, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 58 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4149/neo_2011_04_348
  • Dergi Adı: NEOPLASMA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.348-351
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer-related mortality and approximately 70% of patients present with locally advanced or metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. More than 50% of lung cancer cases are diagnosed in patients over the age of 65 years. The doublet chemotherapies consisting of platinum plus one of the third-generation agents become currently the standard regimen, the first line chemotherapy The most of the available data regarding the optimal treatment of lung cancer comes from clinical trials in which the vast majority of patients are significantly younger than 65 years of age.