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Hirotsugu Kenmotsu, MD, on Nonsquamous Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Pemetrexed Plus Cisplatin vs Vinorelbine Plus Cisplatin

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Hirotsugu Kenmotsu, MD, of Shizuoka Cancer Center, discusses the phase III JIPANG trial findings, which showed that pemetrexed plus cisplatin was not superior to vinorelbine plus cisplatin in terms of recurrence-free survival for patients with completely resected nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (Abstract 8501).



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