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Fox Chase finds all-biologic regimen efficacious and well-tolerated in elderly lung cancer patients
Date:8/1/2009

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"The observed activity of this regimen in this patient population suggests promise and therefore warrants continued investigation," Borghaei says. He also emphasizes that designing a clinical trial just for elderly patients is a novel approach, but one that should be used more in the future given the large proportion of NSCLC patients in this demographic group.


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