Abstract：
:Lung cancer remains the most common fatal malignancy, so even modest therapeutic advances are potentially beneficial to large numbers of patients. For patients with regional nodal metastases identified at thoracotomy, adjuvant chemotherapy may be of benefit and additional clinical trials are in progress. Locally advanced disease is present in over a third of patients at diagnosis. For patients with marginally resectable tumors, the preliminary results of the neoadjuvant chemotherapy trials are encouraging and may result in an improvement in the 15% 5-year survival in this group. For patients with locally advanced and unresectable tumors, several but not all studies suggest that the combination of chemotherapy and radiation produces better results than radiation alone. Additional trials are needed to clarify these results. In addition, better methods are needed to maintain local control of unresected tumors. Hyperfractionated radiation schedules and concurrent administration of radiosensitizing chemotherapy drugs appear to be the most promising leads. Effective systemic treatment for patients with disseminated disease remains elusive. Several new classes of drugs, especially taxol and the topoisomerase I poisons, are being introduced and have rekindled hope for improved treatment of this large group of patients.
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Clin Chest Medjournal_title
Clinics in chest medicineauthors
Murren JR,Buzaid ACsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-03-01 00:00:00pages
161-71issue
1eissn
0272-5231issn
1557-8216journal_volume
14pub_type
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2013.04.007
更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2009.02.003
更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2014.06.009
更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2004.10.017
更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2009.08.012
更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0272-5231(05)70338-5
更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0272-5231(02)00022-9
更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2008.01.001
更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2010.10.007
更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2007.05.002
更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0272-5231(05)70051-4
更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2005.08.004
更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2019.06.002
更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/S0272-5231(03)00140-0
更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Obstructive sleep-disordered breathing consists of a spectrum ranging from the upper airway resistance syndrome to complete apnea. Although this disorder is relatively common, it is still under-recognized, resulting in a significant increase in morbidity and mortality. In this article, we describe the rationale for tr...
journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0272-5231(05)70434-2
更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0272-5231(05)70355-5
更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2015.08.008
更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2019.07.003
更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0272-5231(02)00002-3
更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0272-5231(05)70061-7
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2016.11.003
更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The pathogenesis of O2 toxicity involves intracellular production of partially reduced O2 metabolites, which increases with O2 partial pressure. Cytotoxic O2 metabolites impair enzyme function and inhibit DNA, protein, and surfactant lipid biosynthesis. Compounds used clinically that increase O2 metabolism or that are...
journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The process of smoking cessation involves progression through five stages of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. Most patients are not prepared to take action on their smoking, yet most smoking cessation programs are designed for smokers who are so prepared. Small percentages...
journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Early Goal-Directed Therapy versus Standard Care for Sepsis trial by Rivers and colleagues in 2001 suggested that a significant mortality reduction may be realized through goal-directed interventions early in the care of patients with septic shock. However, the recent publication of the Protocol-Based Care for Ear...
journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine
pub_type： 评论,杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ccm.2016.01.016
更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00
