Adoption of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) for extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC): A population based outcome study

• Main Authors: Soon, Y.Y., Zheng, H., Ho, S.Z., Koh, W.Y., Leong, C.N., Tey, J.C.S., Vellayappan, B., Yap, S.P., Tham, I.W.K., Fong, K.W.
• Other Authors: MEDICINE
• Format: Article
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2020
• Subjects: aged; Article; cancer center; cancer diagnosis; cancer radiotherapy; cancer staging; cancer survival; clinical evaluation; clinical practice; cohort analysis; disease association; disease registry; electronic medical record; female; health care utilization; human; major clinical study; male; neuroimaging; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; outcome assessment; overall survival; prophylaxis; randomized controlled trial (topic); retrospective study; Singapore; skull irradiation; small cell lung cancer; therapy effect; treatment response; follow up; lung tumor; methodology; mortality; pathology; survival rate; Aged; Cranial Irradiation; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Male; Neoplasm Staging; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Research Design; Retrospective Studies; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma; Survival Rate
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/174515
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1186/s13014-018-1184-x