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Can dose-dense chemotherapy improve outcome in patients with better-prognosis small-cell lung cancer?

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Kiura, K., Saijo, N. Can dose-dense chemotherapy improve outcome in patients with better-prognosis small-cell lung cancer?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2, 610–611 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0357

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