Can upfront systemic chemotherapy replace stereotactic radiosurgery or whole brain radiotherapy in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer patients with asymptomatic brain metastases?

Lung Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258-263

  Kim, Kyoung Ha ^a   Lee, Jeeyun ^a   Lee, Jung Il ^a   Nam, Do Hyun ^a   Kong, Doo Sik ^a   Ahn, Yong Chan ^a   Park, Hee Chul ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a   Kim, Hojoong ^a   Chang, Myung Hee ^a   Yi, Seong Yoon ^a   Ji, Sang Hoon ^a   Park, Yeon Hee ^a   Ahn, Jin Seok ^a   Park, Keunchil ^a   Ahn, Myung Ju ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic brain metastases in NSCLC

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DOCETAXEL; ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; PACLITAXEL; PEMETREXED; PLATINUM COMPLEX; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950459737     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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