| A new European study found that after the | | | | surgery. According to HealthDay, "the |
| initial treatment for chemotherapy, radiation | | | | five-year survival rate was 15.7 percent for |
| treatment may be a better solution than | | | | those who had surgery compared with 14 |
| surgery for patients suffering from advanced | | | | percent for those treated with radiation. |
| non-small cell lung cancer. Non-small lung | | | | While the survival rates were similar, |
| cancer accounts for about 80 percent of all | | | | radiation was the preferred treatment because |
| lung cancer cases reported. | | | | of its lower rates of complications and |
| | | | death." |
| The new study was reported in the Journal of | | | | |
| the National Cancer Institute, examined 579 | | | | The study's authors wrote, "these results are |
| patients suffering from late stage, non-small | | | | important, because several centers routinely |
| lung cancer that had advanced to the point | | | | use chemotherapy followed by surgery to treat |
| where surgery could not effectively remove | | | | patients with this stage of disease based on |
| all of the cancer. All of the patients had | | | | small randomized studies that showed that |
| received three cycles of chemotherapy. | | | | surgery alone in inferior to chemotherapy and |
| | | | surgery in stage IIIA patients." |
| After chemo, 165 received radiation treatment | | | | |
| and 167 received surgery for the remaining | | | | For more related articles or to subscribe to |
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| the radiation survived 17.5 months compared | | | | website for more information on ordering from |
| to 16.4 months for those who received the | | | | an online no prescription pharmacy. |