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ReviewWorld journal of clinical oncology2021

GOECP/SEOR radiotherapy guidelines for small-cell lung cancer.

Felipe Couñago, Carolina de la Pinta, Susana Gonzalo, Castalia Fernández, Piedad Almendros, Patricia Calvo, Begoña Taboada, Antonio Gómez-Caamaño, José Luis López Guerra, Marisa Chust and 3 more

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Review in World journal of clinical oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Effect of patient and tumor characteristics on respiratory motion in early-stage peripheral lung cancer (Tis ~ T2bN0M0) treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2024
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  7. Brain Metastasis in Patients with Small Cell Lung Cancer.International journal of general medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Felipe CouñagoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid, Hospital La Luz, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid 28223, Madrid, Spain. fcounago@gmail.com.
Carolina de la PintaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid 28034, Spain.
Susana GonzaloDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid 28006, Spain.
Castalia FernándezDepartment of Radiation Oncology, GenesisCare Madrid, Madrid 28043, Spain.
Piedad AlmendrosDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Hospital General Universitario, Valencia 46014, Spain.
Patricia CalvoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15706, Spain.
Begoña TaboadaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15706, Spain.
Antonio Gómez-CaamañoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15706, Spain.
José Luis López GuerraDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla 41013, Spain.
Marisa ChustDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia 46009, Spain.
José Antonio González FerreiraDepartment of Radiation Oncology, GenesisCare-Spain, Sevilla 41092, Spain.
Ana Álvarez GonzálezDepartment of Radiation Oncology, HGU Gregorio Marañón, Madrid 28007, Spain.
Francesc CasasDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thoracic Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona 08036, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) accounts for approximately 20% of all lung cancers. The main treatment is chemotherapy (Ch). However, the addition of radiotherapy significantly improves overall survival (OS) in patients with non-metastatic SCLC and in those with metastatic SCLC who respond to Ch. Prophylactic cranial irradiation reduces the risk of brain metastases and improves OS in both metastatic and non-metastatic patients. The 5-year OS rate in patients with limited-stage disease (non-metastatic) is slightly higher than 30%, but less than 5% in patients with extensive-stage disease (metastatic). The present clinical guidelines were developed by Spanish radiation oncologists on behalf of the Oncologic Group for the Study of Lung Cancer/Spanish Society of Radiation Oncology to provide a current review of the diagnosis, planning, and treatment of SCLC. These guidelines emphasise treatment fields, radiation techniques, fractionation, concomitant treatment, and the optimal timing of Ch and radiotherapy. Finally, we discuss the main indications for reirradiation in local recurrence.

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Brain metastasesChemotherapyHyperfractionated radiation therapyProphylactic brain irradiationReirradiationSmall cell lung cancer

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PMID33767969
PMCPMC7968106

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