Gemcitabine-Based Combinations as Preoperative Therapy in Resectable Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Socinski MA, Rivera MP, Detterbeck FC. Gemcitabine-Based Combinations as Preoperative Therapy in Resectable Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer 2003, 4: s50-s55. PMID: 14720337, DOI: 10.3816/clc.2003.s.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGemcitabine-containing regimensPhase III trialsStage III NSCLCComplete surgical resectionPreoperative therapyIII trialsSurgical resectionInduction therapyLung cancerResectable non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerDominant recurrence patternGemcitabine-based combinationsSystemic micrometastatic diseaseCisplatin/gemcitabinePhase II trialMajority of patientsMinority of patientsCell lung cancerOverall response rateStandard of careAdjuvant chemotherapyAdvanced NSCLCII trialStage IB