ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2021
WBRT for brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: for whom and when?-Contemporary point of view.
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- Efficacy and safety of EGFR-TKI combined with WBRT vs. WBRT alone in the treatment of brain metastases from NSCLC: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Podcast on Lorlatinib as a First-Line Treatment Option for Patients with ALK-Positive Metastatic NSCLC with Brain Metastasis.Advances in therapy · 2023Trial
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- Optimizing primary tumor resection decisions for non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases: analysis based on the SEER database and development and external validation of predictive models.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Prognosis of Brain Metastases (BM) Patient Received Whole Brain Radiation Therapy (WBRT) alone or in combination with Surgery at Dharmais National Cancer Center, Indonesia.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Article
- Efficacy analysis of brain radiotherapy in EGFR mutation non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastasis: a retrospective study.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Cancer brain metastasis: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies.Molecular biomedicine · 2025Review
- Early characterization and prediction of glioblastoma and brain metastasis treatment efficacy using medical imaging-based radiomics and artificial intelligence algorithms.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
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- Outcomes of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases Treated with the Upfront Single Agent Pembrolizumab: A Retrospective and Multicentric Study of the ESCKEYP GFPC Cohort.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Article
- Analysis of Immunotherapy Combined with Radiotherapy in Patients with Brain Metastasis of Driver Gene-Negative Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Neurocognitive outcome of HS-WBRT vs WBRT in patients with brain metastases: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Neuro-oncology advancesArticle
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Abstract
The incidence of brain metastases (BM) is estimated between 20% and 40% of patients with solid cancer. The most common cause of this failure is lung cancer, and in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) BM represent a common site of relapse in 30-55% cases. The basic criteria of therapeutic decision-making are based on the significant prognostic factors which are components of prognostic scores. The standard approach to treatment of BM from NSCLC include whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) which is used as adjuvant modality after local therapy (surgery or stereotactic radiosurgery) or as primary treatment and it remains the primary modality of treatment for patients with multiple metastases. WBRT is also used in combination with systemic therapy. The aim of presented review of literature is trying to answer which patients with BM from NSCLC should receive WBRT and when it could be omitted. There were presented the aspects of application of WBRT in relation to (I) choice between WBRT or the best supportive care and (II) employment of WBRT in combination with local treatment modalities [surgical resection or stereotactic radio-surgery (SRS)] and/or with systemic therapy. According to data from literature we concluded that the most important factor that needs to be considered when assessing the suitability of a patient for WBRT is the patient's prognosis based on the Lung-molGPA score. WBRT should be applied in treatment of multiple BM from lung cancer in patients with favourable prognosis and in in patients with presence of
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