• Oncology · Jan 2009

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    Cranial prophylactic irradiation in locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma: current status and future perspectives.

    • Erkan Topkan, Berna Akkus Yildirim, Ugur Selek, and Melek Nur Yavuz.
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Baskent University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey. drerkantopkan@yahoo.com
    • Oncology. 2009 Jan 1; 76 (3): 220-8.

    AbstractAs a result of improved local and regional control with aggressive multimodality protocols, the brain has become one of the major sites of relapse in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma (LA-NSCLC). The demonstrated efficacy of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in small-cell lung carcinoma led to studies of its effectiveness in LA-NSCLC, which indicated that PCI also has a high potential to reduce the incidence or delay the occurrence of brain metastases in this patient group. This report provides an extensive review of the current evidence from nonrandomized and randomized trials regarding the use of PCI in LA-NSCLC and discusses related key issues including risk factors, patient selection criteria, timing of PCI, preferred PCI dosing scheme, toxicity profile and potential novel PCI techniques.Copyright 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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