Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Extensive Small-Cell Lung Cancer

J. Slotman, Ben; Faivre‐Finn, Corinne; Kramer, G.; M. Rankin, Elaine; Snee, M.; Hatton, M.; E. Postmus, Pieter; Collette, Laurence; Musat, E.; Senan, Suresh

doi:10.1056/nejmoa071780

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Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Extensive Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Aug 15, 2007

Authors:

Ben J. Slotman

Corinne Faivre‐Finn

G. Kramer

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We conducted a randomized trial of prophylactic cranial irradiation in patients with extensive small-cell lung cancer who had had a response to chemotherapy. METHODS: Patients between the ages of 18 and 75 years with extensive small-cell lung cancer were randomly assigned to undergo prop...

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Medicine

Prophylactic cranial irradiation

Lung cancer

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