title: [Stage IV NSCLC. Place of chemotherapy].
abstract: Cisplatin based chemotherapy for stage IV non small cell lung cancer patients with good performance status is associated with improved survival and better symptom control. Chemotherapeutic regimens should include cisplatin with at least one other active drugs as ifosfamide, mitomycin C, vindesine, vinblastine (second generation drugs) or gemcitabine, paclitaxel, docetaxel, irinotecan and/or vinorelbine (third generation drugs). If the other drug is a new one, there is no evidence for the addition of a third agent. Four to six cycles is proposed in responding patients. Non-platinum-based regimens may be used in cases where platinum-based chemotherapy is contra-indicated. Single agent chemotherapy may be considered in patients with poor performance status.
authors.affiliation: Département de Soins Intensifs et d'Oncologie Thoracique, Institut Jules-Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1 Rue Héger-Bordet, Brussels, Belgium. ap.meert@bordet.be
authors.forename: A-P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Meert
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002945:Cisplatin