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ArticleCancer management and research2020

Combination of Brachytherapy with Iodine-125 Seeds and Systemic Chemotherapy versus Systemic Chemotherapy Alone for Synchronous Extracranial Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Huzi Li, Zhendong Duan, Cheng Zhao, Wenyan Fang, Yingjie Jia, Xiaojiang Li, Fanming Kong, Lujun Zhao

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Article in Cancer management and research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Huzi LiDepartment of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, and Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
Zhendong DuanDepartment of Oncology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
Cheng ZhaoDepartment of Oncology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
Wenyan FangDepartment of Oncology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
Yingjie JiaDepartment of Oncology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
Xiaojiang LiDepartment of Oncology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
Fanming KongDepartment of Oncology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
Lujun ZhaoDepartment of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, and Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
Tianjin Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA proportion of patients with synchronous oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have poor survival, and currently no standard treatment is available, which poses a great challenge to physicians. This study aimed to assess and compare the efficacy and safety of the combination of brachytherapy with iodine-125 seeds and systemic chemotherapy versus systemic chemotherapy alone for synchronous extracranial oligometastatic NSCLC. MATERIALS AND

methodsAfter a systematic retrospective review of the case database between 1st Mar 2014 and 30th Mar 2018, data were obtained on 69 NSCLC patients with extracranial oligometastatic NSCLC. Among them, 32 patients received brachytherapy with iodine-125 seeds combined with systemic chemotherapy (group A), and the remaining 37 patients received chemotherapy alone (group B). The primary endpoint was overall survival (OS), and the secondary endpoints included progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), and complications.

resultsThe demographic and clinical characteristics were not significantly different between the groups (all

conclusionThe combination of brachytherapy with iodine-125 seeds and systemic chemotherapy is superior to chemotherapy alone for synchronous extracranial oligometastatic NSCLC.

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brachytherapychemotherapyiodine-125 seedsNSCLColigometastatic

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