Factors influencing the utilization of prophylactic cranial irradiation in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer

PURPOSE: Brain metastases are common in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) due to the inability of most chemotherapeutics to penetrate the blood–brain barrier. Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) is therefore recommended for use in patients with a good response to concur...

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Autores principales: Lok, Benjamin H., Ma, Jennifer, Foster, Amanda, Perez, Carmen A., Shi, Weiji, Zhang, Zhigang, Li, Bob T., Rudin, Charles M., Rimner, Andreas, Wu, Abraham J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Lung Cancer
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29204521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2017.08.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29204521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2017.08.001

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