Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis
Matutino A, Mak M, Takahashi T, Bitton R, Nakazato D, Fraile N, Guimarães R, Gabrielli F, Vasconcelos K, de A. Carvalho H, de Castro G. Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis. Journal Of Global Oncology 2017, 4: jgo.17.00059. PMID: 30241202, PMCID: PMC6181177, DOI: 10.1200/jgo.17.00059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtensive-stage small-cell lung cancerProphylactic cranial irradiationSmall cell lung cancerProgression-free survivalBrain metastasesOverall survivalCranial irradiationLung cancerBenefit of PCISymptomatic brain metastasesFirst-line settingSecond-line chemotherapyKaplan-Meier methodPlatinum-based chemotherapyCareful patient selectionBrain metastasis controlBaseline brainEligible patientsSystemic chemotherapyChemotherapy exposureProgressive diseasePatient selectionTherapeutic challengeDecreased incidencePatient survival