Whole brain radiotherapy with a conformational external beam radiation boost for lung cancer patients with 1-3 brain metastasis: a multi institutional study

Casanova, Nathalie; Mazouni, Zohra; Bieri, Sabine; Combescure, Christophe; Pica, Alessia; Weber, Damien

doi:10.1186/1748-717X-5-13

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Whole brain radiotherapy with a conformational external beam radiation boost for lung cancer patients with 1-3 brain metastasis: a multi institutional study

ContributorsCasanova, Nathalie; Mazouni, Zohra; Bieri, Sabine; Combescure, Christophe

; Pica, Alessia; Weber, Damien

Published inRadiation oncology, vol. 5, 13

Publication date2010

Abstract

To determine the outcome of patients with brain metastasis (BM) from lung cancer treated with an external beam radiotherapy boost (RTB) after whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT).

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Brain Neoplasms/mortality/radiotherapy/secondary
Cranial Irradiation/methods
Female
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Lung Neoplasms/mortality/pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Radiotherapy, Conformal/methods
Retrospective Studies

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale

Research group

Epidémiologie clinique (115)

Citation (ISO format)

CASANOVA, Nathalie et al. Whole brain radiotherapy with a conformational external beam radiation boost for lung cancer patients with 1-3 brain metastasis: a multi institutional study. In: Radiation oncology, 2010, vol. 5, p. 13. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-5-13

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PID : unige:32569
DOI : 10.1186/1748-717X-5-13
PMID : 20167107

ISSN of the journal1748-717X

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Whole brain radiotherapy with a conformational external beam radiation boost for lung cancer patients with 1-3 brain metastasis: a multi institutional study

To determine the outcome of patients with brain metastasis (BM) from lung cancer treated with an external beam radiotherapy boost (RTB) after whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT).

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