RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The role of radiation therapy in the management of small cell lung cancer
JF Breathe
JO Breathe
FD European Respiratory Society
SP e87
OP e94
DO 10.1183/20734735.009617
VO 13
IS 4
A1 Markus Glatzer
A1 Sabine Schmid
A1 Marco Radovic
A1 Martin Früh
A1 Paul Martin Putora
YR 2017
UL http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/13/4/e87.abstract
AB Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a very aggressive form of lung cancer. SCLC treatment requires multidisciplinary management and timely treatment. Radiation therapy is an important part of management of all stages of SCLC, in the curative as well as in the palliative setting. The role of radiation therapy in all stages of SCLC has changed in recent years; this article describes these changes and highlights the role of radiation therapy in the management of SCLC.An overview of the important role played by radiotherapy in the treatment of every stage of SCLC http://ow.ly/iB9W30ggTaW