Whole brain radiation therapy alone versus radiosurgery for patients with 1-10 brain metastases from small cell lung cancer (ENCEPHALON Trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
2018-07-16 | journal article
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Whole brain radiation therapy alone versus radiosurgery for patients with 1-10 brain metastases from small cell lung cancer (ENCEPHALON Trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Bernhardt, D.; Hommertgen, A.; Schmitt, D.; El Shafie, R. ; Paul, A.; König, L. & Mair-Walther, J. et al. (2018)
Trials, 19(1) pp. 388. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2745-x
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- Bernhardt, Denise; Hommertgen, Adriane; Schmitt, Daniela; El Shafie, Rami ; Paul, Angela; König, Laila; Mair-Walther, Johanna; Krisam, Johannes; Klose, Christina; Welzel, Thomas; Hörner-Rieber, Juliane; Kappes, Jutta; Thomas, Michael; Heußel, Claus Peter; Steins, Martin; Kieser, Meinhard; Debus, Jürgen; Rieken, Stefan
- Abstract
- Conventional whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) has been established as the treatment standard in patients with cerebral metastases from small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), however, it has only modest efficacy and limited prospective data is available for WBRT as well as local treatments such as stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).
- Issue Date
- 16-July-2018
- Journal
- Trials
- ISSN
- 1745-6215
- Language
- English
