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Treatment of Brain Metastases of Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Comparing Teniposide and Teniposide With Whole-Brain Radiotherapy—A Phase III Study of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Lung Cancer Cooperative Group

Pieter E. Postmus, Hanny Haaxma-Reiche, Egbert F. Smit, Harry J.M. Groen, Hanna Karnicka, Tadeusz Lewiński, Jan P. van Meerbeeck, Mario Clerico, Anna Gregor, Desmond Curran,

Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2000 · 234 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

Adding WBRT to teniposide results in a much higher response rate of brain metastases and in a longer time to progression of brain metastases than teniposide alone. Survival was poor in both groups and not significantly different.

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