PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Glatzer, Markus
AU  - Schmid, Sabine
AU  - Radovic, Marco
AU  - Früh, Martin
AU  - Putora, Paul Martin
TI  - The role of radiation therapy in the management of small cell lung cancer
AID  - 10.1183/20734735.009617
DP  - 2017 Dec 01
TA  - Breathe
PG  - e87--e94
VI  - 13
IP  - 4
4099  - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/13/4/e87.short
4100  - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/13/4/e87.full
SO  - Breathe2017 Dec 01; 13
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