Lung Cancer

Preventative Cranial Radiation Therapy Improves Quality Of Life

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 29th, 2002

Prophylactic cranial irradiation is a cost-effective way to improve the quality of life for survivors of small cell lung cancer, according to researchers.

Small cell lung cancer is both chemo- and radiosensitive. The brain is a common site of metastases for patients with this disease, but the blood-brain barrier often prevents chemotherapeutic agents from reaching tumoricidal levels. Therefore, it has been suggested that patients with complete remission from small-cell lung cancer might benefit from prophylactic cranial irradiation.

In research conducted in Canada under the leadership of T. H. Patricia Tai, MB, BS, an oncologist in the Department...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2002-01-29)

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