2154-2155 / 2351
FDG-PET: 20% distant metastases
ORR with platinum-based chemotherapy: 40-70%
Considered incurable but occasional long-term survivors have
been described
In the largest series of long-term survivors, they were treated
with CT followed by consolidation RT to the bone metastases
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