title: Lung cancer: review of the ECOG experience. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.
abstract: Lung cancer represents a major health epidemic worldwide. This article reviews some of the recent results of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) trials in this disease.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53792, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Schiller
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cleary
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome