PROPHYLACTIC CRANIAL IRRADIATION IN SMALL-CELL LUNG-CANCER - AN UPDATE

Authors
KRISTJANSEN PEG HANSEN HH
Citation
Peg. Kristjansen et Hh. Hansen, PROPHYLACTIC CRANIAL IRRADIATION IN SMALL-CELL LUNG-CANCER - AN UPDATE, Lung cancer, 12, 1995, pp. 23-40
Citations number
82
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology
Journal title
Lung cancer → ACNP
ISSN journal
01695002
Volume
12
Year of publication
1995
Supplement
3
Pages
23 - 40
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-5002(1995)12:<23:PCIISL>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The role of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in the management o f patients with small cell lung cancer is reviewed, with emphasis on 1 1 randomised trials. Several interpretive and methodological problems related to PCI investigations are identified, and it is argued that gi ven the current data PCI should be considered as an optional treatment component in CR patients, that these authors do not recommend, while other investigators do.