Open AccessTreatment and Prognosis of Solid and Cystic Brain Metastases in Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Yan Xu,
Yiping Zhang,
Zhengbo Song,
Wenxian Wang,
Lan Shao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s314060
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , chemotherapy , oncology , lung cancer , retrospective cohort study , brain metastasis , regimen , chemotherapy regimen , progression free survival , gastroenterology , cancer , metastasis
Brain metastasis (BM) is an important factor shortening the lives of patients with lung cancer. Patients with cystic BM have seldom been reported. Here, we compared the efficacy and prognosis of different therapeutic schedules for solid BM and cystic BM in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).