Open AccessEvolving Practice Patterns in the Use of Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Olsi Gjyshi,
Ethan B. Ludmir,
Todd A. Pezzi,
David Boyce-Fappiano,
Amy Le,
Тимур Митин,
Steven H. Lin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jama network open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2574-3805
DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.9135
Subject(s) - prophylactic cranial irradiation , stage (stratigraphy) , medicine , cancer , lung cancer , oncology , surgery , biology , paleontology , myocardial infarction , conventional pci
This survey study compares use of prophylactic cranial irradiation in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer before and after the publication of a phase 3 trial that demonstrated no overall survival benefit for this therapy.
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