Risk factors for brain metastasis in patients with small cell lung cancer without prophylactic cranial irradiation

Yawen Zheng,Linlin Wang,Weichong Zhao,Yan Dou,Wei Lv,Hongyan Yang,Yuping Sun,Ligang Xing

Risk factors for brain metastasis in patients with small cell lung cancer without prophylactic cranial irradiation

2018

Yawen Zheng
Linlin Wang
Weichong Zhao
Yan Dou
Wei Lv
Hongyan Yang
Yuping Sun
Ligang Xing

Background This study aimed to determine the risk factors for brain metastasis (BM) and the prognostic factors for overall survival (OS) in patients with small cell lung cancer without prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI).

Keywords:

Brain metastasis
Pathology
Prophylactic cranial irradiation
Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio
Risk factor
Cancer research
Lung cancer
Medicine
Hazard ratio
Oncology
Chemotherapy
Conventional PCI
Radiation therapy
Internal medicine

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