Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8458702 | Radiotherapy and Oncology | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) has been considered standard of care for patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer who achieve complete response to definitive treatment after a meta-analysis revealed its favorable effects on survival. In a European trial, PCI was also shown to confer a survival advantage for patients with extensive-stage (ES) SCLC who experienced any positive response after initial chemotherapy, leading to PCI also being considered a standard treatment for these patients as well. However, a recent Japanese trial investigating PCI for patients with ES-SCLC was stopped early when an interim analysis failed to confirm a survival benefit. This finding has motivated the thoracic oncology community to rethink the role of PCI in ES-SCLC.
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Authors
Ryoko Suzuki, Ritsuko Komaki,