Cerebral metastases in extrapulmonary cell carcinoma : Implications for the use of prophylactic cranial irradiation

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 478-483

  Eckert, F ^a   Gani, C ^a   Bamberg, M ^a   Muller A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma; Metastases; Number needed to treat; Prophylactic cranial irradiation

Indexed keywords

NAVELBINE; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; TOPOTECAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAPULMONARY SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862700291     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-012-0084-5     Document Type: Article

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