PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mosley, Mary
ED  - Bütof, Rebecca
ED  - Le Péchoux, Cecile
ED  - Belderbos, Jose
ED  - Slotman, Ben
TI  - Strategies for Optimizing Radiation Therapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer
DP  - 2015 Jun 19
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 23--24
VI  - 15
IP  - 8
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/8/23.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/8/23.full
AB  - The current evidence for the optimal delivery of radiation therapy in patients with small cell lung cancer is reviewed in this article. Hippocampal avoidance prophylactic cranial irradiation is being studied to reduce the associated neurocognitive deficits. Thoracic radiation therapy combined with prophylactic cranial irradiation was shown to improve overall survival and progression-free survival and reduce intrathoracic progression in the CREST trial.