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Martin J. Edelman, MD, on NSCLC: Final Results of a CALGB Alliance Trial

2017 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium

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Martin J. Edelman, MD, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses study findings from a phase III study of celecoxib in addition to standard chemotherapy for advanced non–small cell lung cancer with COX-2 overexpression (Abstract 2).



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