Results of the Dutch national study of the palliative effect of irradiation using two different treatment schemes for non-small-cell lung cancer

Purpose A national multicenter randomized study compared the efficacy of 2 8 Gy versus our standard 10 3 Gy in patients with inoperable stage IIIA/B (with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group score of 3 to 4 and/or substantial weight loss) and stage IV non‐small-cell lung cancer.