Ultrarapid high-dose course of prophylactic cranial irradiation in small-cell lung cancer: Evaluation of late neurologic morbidity in 16 long- term survivors

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-90

  Tomio, L ^a,b   Romano, M ^a   Zanchin, G ^a   Carollo, C ^a   Amista, P ^a   Loreggian, L ^a   Saladini, G ^a   Berti, F ^a   Pignataro, M ^a   Paccagnella, A ^a   Favaretto, A ^a   Rea, F ^a   Calzavara, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Reg Hospital   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Neurotoxicity; Rapid course prophylactic cranial irradiation; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; METHOTREXATE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PREVENTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOMETRY; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKULL IRRADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031891541     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199802000-00020     Document Type: Article

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