Additional radiation boost to whole brain radiation therapy may improve the survival of patients with brain metastases in small cell lung cancer

Additional radiation boost to whole brain radiation therapy may improve the survival of patients with brain metastases in small cell lung cancer

Abstract Background The role of the dose escalation strategy in brain radiotherapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients with brain metastases (BMs) has not been identified. This study aims to determine whether an additional radiation boost to whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) has beneficial...

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Main Authors: Han Sun, Liming Xu, Youyou Wang, Junhua Zhao, Kunpeng Xu, Jing Qi, Zhiyong Yuan, Lujun Zhao, Ping Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Small cell lung cancer
Brain metastasis
Whole brain radiation therapy
Dose escalation
Prognosis
Overall survival
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1198-4

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