[Advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer: importance of chemotherapy in the control of symptoms].
Chemotherapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer may be a controversy because it is only palliative and costly. Benefit of chemotherapy is nevertheless clear in survival and particularly life quality. Beside this technical criteria, two other factors have an impact on the therapeutic decision: symptom control and patient's personal expectations. The aim of the strategy is to determine an acceptable compromise in each situation.
Margery
Jacques
J
Le Moulec
Sylvestre
S
Grassin
Frédéric
F
Bauduceau
Olivier
O
Dot
Jean-Marc
JM
Vedrine
Lionel
L
Natali
François
F
Guigay
Joël
J
D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D011788:Quality of Life