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Palliative management of lung cancer
• Chemotherapy for good PS patients and advanced disease
Improves survival by around 2 months
In NSCLC improves QoL
? Role of second and third line tretament
• Palliative radiotherapy for specific symptoms
Cough, haemoptysis, chest pain, SOB
Hypofractionation
?more prolonged RT for good PS patients
• PS 2-3: consider BSC alone