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Can palliative radiation be used to treat recurrent malignant pleural effusion in NSCLC?

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Medical Oncology · Mary Lanning Healthcare Morrison Cancer Center/University of Nebraska Medical Center Adjunct Faculty

There has been gradual recognition of improved survival with the administration of three-dimensional radiotherapy (3D-CRT) to the primary tumor in the context of systemic chemotherapy, EGFR-TKIs, or immunotherapy in patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. (Zheng et al., PMID 31040256, Arr...

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