Lung Cancer Treatment

Drugs that boost the white blood cells are considered to be safe during concurrent chemoradiotherapy of lung cancer treatment, finds a breaking analysis from the phase III CONVERT trial presented at the European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC). Lung cancer occurs due to the uncontrolled growth of the cancer cells in the lungs.

White blood cell boosting drugs are safe for use in chemoradiotherapy
- Lunch cancer patients follow chemoradiotherapy for treatment
- Chemoradiotherapy may cause toxicity mainly to the blood
- White blood cells boosting drugs found to prevent toxicity in lung cancer patients

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