The effects of prophylactic cranial irradiation versus control on survival of patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis of 14 trials

BACKGROUND: A recent Japanese study suggested prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) failed to improve survival of extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). However, previous studies showed that PCI was beneficial in reducing the rate of mortality for extensive-stage SCLC. In this study, we aim...

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Autores principales: Ge, Wei, Xu, Huilin, Yan, Yafei, Cao, Dedong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30139360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-018-1101-3

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