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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Therapy

New non-small cell lung cancer therapy study findings have been published by scientists at University of North Carolina, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Published in Drug Law Weekly, June 9th, 2009

New research, 'A randomized, phase II trial of two dose schedules of carboplatin/paclitaxel/cetuximab in stage IIIB/IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC),' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from the United States, "This trial investigated the efficacy and safety of weekly cetuximab combined with two different schedules of paclitaxel/carboplatin for stage IIIB/IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A total of 168 patients with previously untreated stage IIIB/IV NSCLC were randomized to arm A, cetuximab (400 mg/m2 day 1 followed by weekly 250 mg/m2) + paclitaxel (Taxol) (225 mg/m2)/carboplatin (AUC6) day 1 every 3 weeks or arm B, same...

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