Current dilemma and future directions over prophylactic cranial irradiation in SCLC: a systematic review in MRI and immunotherapy era

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is the most malignant pathological type of lung cancer with the highest mortality, and the incidence of brain metastasis (BM) is in high frequency. So far, prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) has been suggested as an effective treatment for preventing brain metastasi...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Oncology
Main Authors:	Lingrong Tang, Guangwei Tian, Nan Li
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-07-01
Subjects:	small cell lung cancer (SCLC) prophylactic cranial irradiation immunotherapy hippocampal protection neurocognitive
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2024.1382220/full