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NON SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA<br />

Summary of treatment approach. V.<br />

More advanced <strong>stage</strong> IIIB and <strong>stage</strong> IV disease<br />

* RT to symptomatic local sites;<br />

* CT for ambulatory pts (consider CT, cetuximab and<br />

bevacizumab for selected pts);<br />

* chest tube drainage of large malignant pleural<br />

effusions;<br />

* consider resection of primary tumor and isolated brain<br />

or adrenal metastases

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