Prophylactic cranial irradiation in small cell lung cancer: A systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis

BMC Cancer

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Meert, Anne Pascale ^a   Paesmans, Marianne ^a   Berghmans, Thierry ^a   Martin, Benoît ^a   Mascaux, Céline ^a   Vallot, Frédéric ^a   Verdebout, Jean Marc ^a   Lafitte, Jean Jacques ^b   Sculier, Jean Paul ^a  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL IRRADIATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042759877     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-1-5     Document Type: Review

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