Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Simonida Crvenkova

Publications

• Review Article
  Influence of Prognostic Factors on Survival in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated with Combination of Chemoradiotherapy
  Author(s): Simonida CrvenkovaSimonida Crvenkova
  
  According to the literature, performance status, stage-tumor dimension and nodal status, weight loss, were the most important prognostic factors for survival in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer. To evaluate the treatment results and prognostic variables in our patients, study of 85 patients was randomly assigned to one of the two treatment arms. In the sequential arm, 45 patients had previously received sequential chemotherapy with 4 cycles of and etoposide followed by conformal radiotherapy (RT). In the second concurrent group, 40 patients received concomitant chemotherapy of cisplatine and etoposide and conformal RT, followed by two cycles of consolidation chemotherapy of carboplatine and etoposide. We described all phases of the conformal three dimensional (3-D) RT. From October 2005 to April 2008, 85 patients were enrolled. Eight patients were not eligible.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000200

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