The following treatment recommendations are indicated in the management of NSCLC:
Stage I: surgical resection
Stage II: surgical resection
Stage IIIA: chemoradiotherapy, surgical resection (in selected patients)
Stage IIIB: chemoradiotherapy
Stage IV: cisplatin-based chemotherapy (only in patients with good performance status and weight loss < 10% of body weight), surgical resection of solitary metastatic lesion with resectable primary tumor
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