Relationship between WBRT total dose, intracranial tumor control, and overall survival in NSCLC patients with brain metastases - a single-center retrospective analysis

Relationship between WBRT total dose, intracranial tumor control, and overall survival in NSCLC patients with brain metastases - a single-center retrospective analysis

Abstract Background The relationship between whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) dose with intracranial tumor control and overall survival (OS) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) brain metastases (BM) is largely unknown. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 595 NSCLC BM patients treated...

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Main Authors: Zhensheng Li, Dongxing Shen, Jian Zhang, Jun Zhang, Fang Yang, Deyou Kong, Jie Kong, Andu Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Whole brain radiotherapy
Non-small cell lung cancer
Brain metastases
Overall survival
Intracranial progression-free survival
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-6307-8

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