Meta-analysis slightly favours platinum-based first-line treatment in patients with advanced/metastatic NSCLC

Results from a new meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials show that platinum-based regimens improve slightly survival in comparison with non-platinum ones and this effect is restricted to cisplatin combinations. The findings were presented by Dr Thierry Berghmans of the Department of Intensive Care and Emergencies and the Clinic of Thoracic Oncology, Institute Jules Bordet in Brussels, Belgium at the European Multidisciplinary Conference in Thoracic Oncology (EMCTO), held 9-11 May, 2013 in Lugano, Switzerland. Read more here.