Prophylactic cranial irradiation or no prophylactic cranial irradiation in metastatic small cell lung cancer: is it a relevant question once again?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.
² Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.

Editorial

Cecile Le Pechoux et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;9(11):4157-4161.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.10.10.

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.
² Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Prophylactic cranial irradiation versus observation in patients with extensive-disease small-cell lung cancer: a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial.
Takahashi T, Yamanaka T, Seto T, Harada H, Nokihara H, Saka H, Nishio M, Kaneda H, Takayama K, Ishimoto O, Takeda K, Yoshioka H, Tachihara M, Sakai H, Goto K, Yamamoto N. Takahashi T, et al. Lancet Oncol. 2017 May;18(5):663-671. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30230-9. Epub 2017 Mar 23. Lancet Oncol. 2017. PMID: 28343976 Clinical Trial.

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