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Practice Guideline On Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation In Small-Cell Lung Cancer, Jaro Kotalik, Edward Yu, Barbara Markman, William Evans
Practice Guideline On Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation In Small-Cell Lung Cancer, Jaro Kotalik, Edward Yu, Barbara Markman, William Evans
Edward Yu
Purpose: To develop an evidence-based clinical practice guideline that would address the following questions: (a) What is the role of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in patients with limited or extensive stage small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) who have achieved complete remission in response to induction therapy (chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy)? (b) What dose and fractionation schedules of PCI are optimal? (c) Does the use of PCI in patients with SCLC in complete remission affect quality of life? Survival, disease-free survival, quality of life, and adverse effects were the outcomes of interest. Methods and materials: A systematic review of the published literature was …