Impact of the radiation dose on survival after radiochemotherapy for small-cell lung cancer

L Kaesmann, S Janssen, SE Schild… - Anticancer …, 2016 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Aim: Radiochemotherapy for small-cell lung cancer may not be sufficiently tolerated by all
patients. To contribute to better personalization of the radiochemotherapy programs, this …

A new score for estimating survival after definitive radiochemotherapy of limited disease small cell lung cancers

D Rades, L Kaesmann, S Janssen, SE Schild - Lung, 2016 - Springer
Introduction Most patients with limited disease small cell lung cancer (LD-SCLC) receive
definitive radiochemotherapy. Some patients cannot withstand combined modality …

[PDF][PDF] The role of higher thoracic irradiation doses in patients with limited stage of small-cell lung cancer: Retrospective study

D Šćepanović, N Bajić D, D Živković… - Archive of …, 2010 - scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs
Background: Small-cell lung cancer is highly chemo-and radiosensitive tumor. We evaluated
two different radiotherapy doses applied sequentially with chemotherapy in relation to time …

Limited-stage small-cell lung cancer treated with early chemo-radiotherapy: the impact of effective chemotherapy

V Scotti, I Meattini, C Saieva, A Rampini… - Tumori …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims and Background Small cell lung cancer is characterized by an aggressive clinical
course and a high sensitivity to both chemotherapy and radiotherapy. We present the …

Effect of low-dose chest irradiation before chemotherapy on the rate of local failure in small-cell lung cancer

P Hösli, H Bonnefoi, RO Mirimanoff, B Mermillod… - International Journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
Purpose: To evaluate the rate of tumor recurrence within the irradiated volume after initial
low-dose irradiation of limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), to assess the tolerance …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of radiotherapy on the treatment of patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer

C Wu, T Wang, J Wang, B Qu, H Wang, Y Hu - Genet Mol Res, 2014 - funpecrp.com.br
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive disease, in which more than 80% of patients
present distant metastases at the time of first diagnosis. Chemotherapy is considered as the …

Radiotherapy timing in the treatment of limited-stage small cell lung cancer: the impact of thoracic and brain irradiation on survival

V Scotti, I Meattini, C Franzese, C Saieva… - Tumori …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims and Background Small cell lung cancer is an aggressive histologic subtype of lung
cancer in which the role of chemotherapy and radiotherapy has been well established in …

The impact of radiation dose and fractionation on outcomes for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer

N Tomita, T Kodaira, T Hida, H Tachibana… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To review the treatment outcomes of limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (LS-
SCLC) patients and to compare the outcomes among three groups in which the total …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of bioequivalent radiation dose on survival of patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer

B Xia, GY Chen, XW Cai, JD Zhao, HJ Yang, M Fan… - Radiation …, 2011 - Springer
Background To investigate the biological radiation dose-response for patients of limited-
stage small-cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) treated with high radiation dose. Methods Two …

[HTML][HTML] Increased biological effective dose of radiation correlates with prolonged survival of patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer: A systematic review

L Zhu, S Zhang, X Xu, B Wang, K Wu, Q Deng, B Xia… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Objective Thoracic radiotherapy (TRT) is a critical component of the treatment of limited-
stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC). However, the optimal radiation dose/fractionation …