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May 17, 2008


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Significant Improvement in Progression-Free Survival in Advanced NSCLC with Alimta

   There’s a new post on a likely important trial in advanced NSCLC that I think will change the standard of care and lead to use of “maintenance” or early second line use of chemo immediately after first line chemo.  The details of the trial and my commentary are in the post on the GRACE website.



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Howard (Jack) West, MD
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