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Single dose irradiation in treatment of cerebral metastases from bronchial carcinoma
Author(s) -
Jazy Foroogh,
Aron Bernard S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197408)34:2<254::aid-cncr2820340205>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchus , radiation therapy , carcinoma , radiology , nuclear medicine , surgery , respiratory disease , lung
Eighteen patients with cerebral metastases from carcinoma of the bronchus were treated with a single whole brain dose of 1000 rads megavoltage radiation while on steroids. This is a safe treatment as no patient died less than 2 weeks after treatment. Improvement in neurologic symptoms occurred in 10/18 patients (55%). These patients had a mean survival of 3.2 months. The 8 patients who showed no improvement had a mean survival of 1.8 months. These results are not as good as the reported results of fractionated radiation therapy.