TY - JOUR AU - Paz-Ares, Luis G. AU - Altug, Sedat. AU - Vaury, Alexandra T. AU - Jaime, Jesús C. AU - Russo, Francesca. AU - Visseren-Grul, Carla. PY - 2010 DO - 10.1186/1471-2407-10-85 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/347 T2 - BMC Cancer AB - BACKGROUND: To improve the efficacy of first-line therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), additional maintenance chemotherapy may be given after initial induction chemotherapy in patients who did not progress during the initial... LA - en PB - BioMed Central KW - Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas KW - Cisplatino KW - Antineoplásicos KW - Ensayos Clínicos Fase III como Asunto KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Neoplasms::Neoplasms by Site::Thoracic Neoplasms::Respiratory Tract Neoplasms::Lung Neoplasms::Bronchial Neoplasms::Carcinoma, Bronchogenic::Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Clinical Protocols::Antineoplastic Protocols::Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols KW - Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Inorganic Chemicals::Chlorine Compounds::Cisplatin KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Clinical Trials as Topic::Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic TI - Treatment rationale and study design for a phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of maintenance pemetrexed plus best supportive care versus best supportive care immediately following induction treatment with pemetrexed plus cisplatin for advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer. TY - research article ER -