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Is there a role for prophylactic cranial irradiation in non-lung neuroendocrine carcinoma?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

I think series with other sites are too small for any meaningful conclusion. The limited literature for small cell cervical cancer has not shown a high incidence of isolated brain metastases, but rather it has shown that it is usually part of metastases to other sites with lung being one of them. Fo...

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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

I agree with @Dr. First Last. The last time we published our experience (Viswanathan et al, 2004), we had 21 histologically confirmed cases of small cell neuroendocrine and had no instances of brain metastases without other disease above the diaphragm. I still don't believe I have seen a case where ...

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