Palliative care 2017

PCI or no PCI in patients with SCLC

• Meta-analysis of 6 RTC with a total of 987 patients

• RR of death reduced by

0.84

(95% CI 0.73-0.97; P= 0.01)

• Corresponds to a

5% (

absolute) increase in the rate of survival at 3 years

Auperin et al NEJM 1999; ;341:476