Factors influencing the utilization of prophylactic cranial irradiation in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer

Factors influencing the utilization of prophylactic cranial irradiation in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer

Purpose: Brain metastases are common in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) due to the inability of most chemotherapeutics to penetrate the blood–brain barrier. Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) is therefore recommended for use in patients with a good response to concur...

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Main Authors: Benjamin H. Lok, MD, Jennifer Ma, BA, Amanda Foster, BS, Carmen A. Perez, MD, PhD, Weiji Shi, MS, Zhigang Zhang, PhD, Bob T. Li, MD, MPH, Charles M. Rudin, MD, PhD, Andreas Rimner, MD, Abraham J. Wu, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109417301173

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