title: Lung cancer. How much platinum-based chemotherapy is enough in NSCLC?
abstract: With no large randomized phase III trials to provide definitive answers, the ideal number of platinum-based chemotherapy cycles in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer has long been unclear. Most guidelines recommend a maximum of 4–6 cycles. Rossi and colleagues now suggest that four chemotherapy cycles is the optimal regimen.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 27, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Solange
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.affiliation: Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm &Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
authors.forename: Alex A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Adjei
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male