Patterns of relapse of N2 nonsmall-cell lung carcinoma patients treated with preoperative chemotherapy: Should prophylactic cranial irradiation be reconsidered?

Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2394-2400

  Andre, F ^a   Grunenwald, D ^b   Pujol, J L ^c   Girard, P ^d   Dujon, A ^e   Brouchet, L ^a   Brichon, P Y ^f   Westeel, V ^a   Le Chevalier, T ^g  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^d Cedres Clinic   (France)

^e CHU PURPAN   (France)

^f HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^g Mingoz Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Chemotherapy; Lung neoplasms; Mediastinal lymph node; Nonsmall cell lung carcinoma; Prophylactic cranial irradiation; Radiotherapy; Stage IIIA

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035875848     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010615)91:12<2394::AID-CNCR1273>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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