Effectiveness and Timing of Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation (PCI) in Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (LS-SCLC) Patients: A Single Institution Experience

2013 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. S518 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Turaka ◽  
T. Li ◽  
M.J. Naik ◽  
M. Unger ◽  
E. King ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Carcinoma ◽  
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma ◽  
Cranial Irradiation ◽  
Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Single Institution ◽  
Cell Lung Carcinoma ◽  
Limited Stage

scholarly journals Utilization of prophylactic cranial irradiation in patients with limited stage small cell lung carcinoma

Cancer ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 116 (24) ◽  
pp. 5694-5699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Giuliani ◽  
Alexander Sun ◽  
Andrea Bezjak ◽  
Clement Ma ◽  
Lisa W. Le ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Carcinoma ◽  
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma ◽  
Cranial Irradiation ◽  
Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Cell Lung Carcinoma ◽  
Limited Stage

Prospective evaluation of changes in computed cranial tomography in patients with small cell lung carcinoma treated with chemotherapy and prophylactic cranial irradiation.

1984 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 1151-1156 ◽  
Author(s):  
J B Craig ◽  
D V Jackson ◽  
D Moody ◽  
J M Cruz ◽  
E K Pope ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Carcinoma ◽  
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma ◽  
Cerebral Atrophy ◽  
Cranial Irradiation ◽  
Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Cell Lung Carcinoma ◽  
Multiagent Chemotherapy ◽  
Long Term Survivors

Computed cranial tomographic scans were performed as part of the pretreatment evaluation and at six- to nine-month intervals posttreatment in 13 patients with small cell lung carcinoma. All patients received 3,000 rad of prophylactic cranial irradiation delivered over two weeks in ten treatment fractions in conjunction with multiagent chemotherapy. Posttreatment scans documented an extraordinarily high frequency of abnormalities including cerebral atrophy (100%), ventricular dilatation (70%), and decreased coefficient of absorption in the white matter (15%). Unexplained neurologic abnormalities developed in four of six patients living at least 15 months after institution of therapy. As the number of long-term survivors of this type of lung cancer increases, the need for prospective comprehensive neuropsychologic assessment to determine the clinical significance of these changes is needed.

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