Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Patients With Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer at High Risk for Brain Metastases
Park HS, Decker RH, Wilson LD, Yu JB. Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Patients With Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer at High Risk for Brain Metastases. Clinical Lung Cancer 2014, 16: 292-297. PMID: 25499149, DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2014.11.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProphylactic cranial irradiationLA-NSCLC patientsSequential landmark analysesCell lung cancerBrain metastasesHigh riskCranial irradiationSurvival benefitLung cancerLandmark analysisEffect of PCICox proportional hazards regressionNon-PCI patientsOverall survival benefitEnd Results (SEER) databaseHigh-risk patientsStage III NSCLCGroup of patientsProportional hazards regressionLog-rank testSignificant survival differenceImmortal time biasPopulation-based analysisAdult patientsOnly patients