Will Neo-Adjuvant Therapies Replace Surgery plus Adjuvant Treatment for Resectable NSCLC?

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Jyoti D. Patel, MD, and Rajat Thawani, MBBS, tackle the question of whether neoadjuvant therapies will replace surgery plus adjuvant treatment for patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.

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