Evolving Practice Patterns in the Use of Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer.
cross_sectional · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 31411707.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.9135 and PMC identifier 6694387.
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Cranial Irradiation
- Lung Neoplasms
- Practice Patterns, Physicians'
- Small Cell Lung Carcinoma