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  • Title: [Therapeutic cranial irradiation in patients with metastatic brain tumors from pulmonary carcinoma].
    Author: Hayakawa K, Kato S, Nakajima N, Maehara Y, Saito Y, Mitomo O, Nakayama Y, Mitsuhashi N, Niibe H.
    Journal: Gan No Rinsho; 1986 Nov; 32(14):1795-8. PubMed ID: 3795500.
    Abstract:
    Fifty-three patients with intracranial metastases from pulmonary carcinoma were treated with cranial irradiation between 1976 and 1983. There was improvement in neurologic symptoms in 80%, and the one and two-year survival rates for the entire group of patients were 21% and 4%. Those or patients without metastasis tumor in other organs were 38% and 9%, respectively. It was suggested that the total dose should be in excess of 40 Gy. Histologically, adenocarcinoma and epidermoid carcinoma showed better prognosis than other types of cancer.
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