Prevention and therapy of small cell lung cancer with brain metastasis
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2014.08.010
- VernacularTitle:小细胞肺癌脑转移的防治
- Author:
Chao GAO
;
Yonghua YU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Carcinoma,small cell;
Lung neoplasms;
Neoplasm metastasis;
Radiotherapy;
Drug therapy
- From:
Journal of International Oncology
2014;(8):588-591
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Small cell lung cancer with brain metastasis is the most common type in brain metastasis tumors with the poor prognosis. Researches show that prophylactic cranial irradiation is not only effective in the prevention and treatment of limited disease brain metastases of small cell lung cancer,but also effective for extensive disease. Moreover,certain medications such as mannitol,nimustine etc also play an important sup-porting role,but there are many other uncertain parts in terms of prevention and treatment remaining controver-sial and needing further research.
