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ReviewDiscover oncology2025

Brain metastases from lung cancer: recent advances and novel therapeutic opportunities.

Stephen C Layng, Alexis Betsock, Alireza Mansouri, Takefumi Komiya, Joseph A Miccio, Sean S Mahase, Jonathan P S Knisely

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Review in Discover oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Quantitative [Molecular imaging and biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Stephen C Layng *Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA.
Alexis Betsock *Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA.
Alireza MansouriDepartment of Neurosurgery, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA.
Takefumi KomiyaDepartment of Hematology/Oncology, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA.
Joseph A Miccio *Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA.
Sean S Mahase *Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA. smahase@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Jonathan P S Knisely *Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. jok9121@med.cornell.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastatic intracranial progression drastically impacts prognosis, therapeutic considerations and quality of life. The increasing incidence of lung cancer patients developing brain metastases (BM) parallels the incorporation of more effective systemic agents and improved surveillance. Our evolving knowledge of BM pathophysiology, along with advancements in surgical, radiotherapy and systemic therapy options, is rapidly changing prognostication and treatment paradigms. Optimal management of BM in the modern era is patient-specific, dependent on performance status, comorbidities, intracranial and extracranial disease burden, leptomeningeal disease, and the presence of targetable mutations. The purpose of this review is to provide a detailed overview of the detection, prognostication, and multidisciplinary, management of BM arising from non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. We discuss contemporary evidence and active clinical trials supporting a wide array of treatment options, including surgery, radiosurgery, memory-avoidance whole brain radiation, craniospinal irradiation, chemotherapy, targeted agents and immunotherapy. Multidisciplinary paradigms will continue to evolve as currently accruing randomized trials evaluating these promising treatments options mature.

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PMID39934444
PMCPMC11813848

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