PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J-P Sculier
TI  - Anticancer treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer
AID  - 10.1183/20734735.005011
DP  - 2011 Dec 01
TA  - Breathe
PG  - 124--133
VI  - 8
IP  - 2
4099  - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/8/2/124.short
4100  - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/8/2/124.full
SO  - breathe2011 Dec 01; 8
AB  - Educational aims To propose a practical approach for the medical treatment of the patient with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, taking into account the fitness or unfitness of the patient for standard chemotherapy. To provide evidence supporting the recommended approach. Summary Practical management of the patient with advanced non-small cell lung cancer is reviewed. First-line and salvage treatments are discussed as well as special situations, such as elderly, poor performance status and organ dysfunction. Special attention has been given to recently developed drugs that are registered within the European Union.