Prognostic factors of patients who received chemotherapy after cranial irradiation for non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases: A retrospective analysis of multicenter study (Anatolian Society of Medical Oncology)

Inal, Ali; Kodaz, Hilmi; Odabas, Hatice; Duran, Ayse Ocak; Seker, Mehmet Metin; Inanc, Mevlide; ELKIRAN, EMİN TAMER; Gunaydin, Yusuf; Menekse, Serkan; Topcu, Turkan Ozturk; Urakci, Zuhat; Tastekin, Didem; BİLİCİ, Mehmet; Cihan, Sener; Geredeli, Caglayan; SEZER, EMEL; Uncu, Dogan; Arpaci, Erkan; Ozturk, Banu; Bal, Oznur; UYSAL, MÜKREMİN; TANRIVERDİ, ÖZGÜR; Gumus, Mahmut; Ustaalioglu, Bala Basak Oven; Suner, Ali; Cokmert, Suna; Hacibekiroglu, Ilhan; Aydin, Kubra; Isikdogan, Abdurrahman

Abstract

Purpose: Almost half of all patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have distant metastases at presentation. One-third of patients with NSCLC will have brain metastases. Without effective treatment, the median survival is only 1 month. However, it is difficult to treat brain metastases with systemic chemotherapy since the agents have difficulty crossing the blood-brain barrier. Therefore, it is important to estimate the patient-s survival prognosis. The aim of this study was to analyze prognostic factors for survival in Turkish patients who received chemotherapy after cranial irradiation for NSCLC with brain metastases.

Subject

Inal A., Kodaz H., Odabas H., Duran A. O. , Seker M. M. , Inanc M., ELKIRAN E. T. , Gunaydin Y., Menekse S., Topcu T. O. , et al., -Prognostic factors of patients who received chemotherapy after cranial irradiation for non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases: A retrospective analysis of multicenter study (Anatolian Society of Medical Oncology)-, JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND THERAPEUTICS, cilt.14, ss.578-582, 2018

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12645/23811