First-line chemotherapy with planned sequential administration of cisplatin/gemcitabine followed by docetaxel in elderly ‘unfrail’ patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a multicenter phase II study

摘要

The role of cisplatin in the first-line treatment for elderly advanced non-small-cell lung cancer is not completely defined. We previously reported in this subset of patients an interesting efficacy and tolerability of a sequential schedule of gemcitabine followed by docetaxel.