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Lung cancer response rate not improved after adding mitomycin C to docetaxel

chemo drugs 2.jpgThe response rate of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was not improved with the addition of mitomycin C to docetaxel as second-line chemotherapy.  Researchers in Spain conducted a study “to evaluate the feasibility, toxicity and efficacy of the combination of docetaxel and mitomycin C as second-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced NSCLC. Thirty-eight patients with histologically confirmed, locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC were included in this phase II trial.”

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