Whenever indicated, patients will receive concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy.
Eligible patients will have Stage III NSCLC with intent to receive concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT).
Participants who received concurrent cognitive stimulation, therefore, may not benefit from additional memory training in general.
In two of these trials [ 55, 56], both active and placebo groups received concurrent exercise therapy, which may have deflated effect size.
In the context of previous studies, such an observed lack of association may be influenced by 75% of individuals receiving concurrent DMARD therapy.
Patients with unresectable stage III non-small-cell lung cancer receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy often develop esophagitis that may lead to unplanned treatment interruptions, which may severely reduce rates of locoregional tumor control and survival.
26 A German study of 46 GBM patients with mean age 59 years who received concurrent chemoradiation highlights that hematologic toxicity may be persistent, with the mean duration of thrombocytopenia in that series being just over 2 months.
This finding may to be due, in part, to older women not receiving concurrent chemo-radiotherapy because of the presence of comorbidities, poorer health or choice.
Additionally, while a role for treatment of OSA was implicated in the resolution of cough, all patients received concurrent therapy for GERD, UACS or CVA that may have contributed to the resolution of chronic cough in this study [ 8].
