Can consolidative thoracic radiotherapy improve outcomes in extensive-disease small cell lung cancer after chemotherapy with complete/near-complete responders ?

Conclusion: In ED-SCLC patients, C-TRT may prevent isolated local recurrence and may improve 1-year survival. This survival improvement might be the reflection of high intrathoracic control achieved in 77% of patients.

Source: Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics - September 13, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Esra Korkmaz Kirakli Hasan Yilmaz Cimen Akcay Berna Komurcuoglu Ufuk Yilmaz Source Type: research