Perihippocampal metastasis following hippocampus-avoiding prophylactic cranial irradiation for small cell lung cancer: a case report
Seung-Gu Yeo Department of Radiation Oncology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea Abstract: Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) lowers the risk of brain metastasis (BM) and increases survival in small cell lung cancer (SCL...
Main Author: | Yeo SG |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2017-08-01
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Series: | OncoTargets and Therapy |
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Online Access: | https://www.dovepress.com/perihippocampal-metastasis-following-hippocampus-avoiding-prophylactic-peer-reviewed-article-OTT |
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