High incidence of disease recurrence in the brain and leptomeninges in patients with nonsmall cell lung carcinoma after response to gefitinib
Omuro AM, Kris MG, Miller VA, Franceschi E, Shah N, Milton DT, Abrey LE. High incidence of disease recurrence in the brain and leptomeninges in patients with nonsmall cell lung carcinoma after response to gefitinib. Cancer 2005, 103: 2344-2348. PMID: 15844174, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonsmall cell lung carcinomaCentral nervous systemDisease recurrenceLong-term outcomesCell lung carcinomaBrain metastasesCNS metastasesLeptomeningeal metastasesLung carcinomaHigh incidenceAdvanced nonsmall cell lung carcinomaEpidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsGrowth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsMedian Karnofsky performance scoreMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterMedian overall survival periodReceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsInitial disease recurrenceKarnofsky performance scoreOverall survival periodInitial responseTyrosine kinase inhibitorsInitial siteNeurologic symptomsPartial response