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Would you use a hippocampal sparing technique when treating with PCI for a limited stage small cell lung cancer?

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Do you use hippocampal sparing PCI for limited stage small cell lung cancer?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Colorado School of Medicine
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This is an important question where the evidence is evolving, and some key trials remain ongoing. Because the data remains in flux, in the ongoing phase 3 SWOG S1827/Maverick trial of MRI surveillance +/- prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) for LS and ES-SCLC, where I serve as the PI, hippocampal...

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Radiation Oncology · Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville
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The potential cognitive preservation benefits of hippocampal sparing remain the subject of ongoing phase III trials. In the setting of PCI for small cell lung cancer, NRG CC003 is a phase III trial of PCI with or without hippocampal avoidance; at our institution, eligible patients are enrolled on th...

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