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Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation

Known as: PCI 
Radiation therapy to the head to reduce the risk that cancer will spread to the brain.
National Institutes of Health

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2008
2008
Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in high-risk breast cancer patients: Preliminary data
11501 Background: The rationale behind PCI is to control or eradicate undetectable micro-metastases without inducing severe… 
2002
2002
Rationale for a phase III study of erythropoietin as a neurocognitive protectant in patients with lu
1996
1996
Late aggressive meningioma following prophylactic cranial irradiation for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
There is an increasing number of reports concerning the induction of late brain tumours in survivors of childhood acute… 
1988
1988
Etoposide and Split‐Dose Cisplatin in Small‐Cell Lung Cancer
Forty-seven untreated patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) were treated with a combination of etoposide ( 170 mg/m2… 
1985
1985
Growth and development of long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with and without prophylactic radiation of the central nervous system.
Two groups of patients with at least four years of remission following treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia with or without… 
1984
1984
Treatment of meningeal relapse in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. I. Results of craniospinal irradiation.
Fourteen children were treated for isolated meningeal relapse occurring seven to 44 months (median, 14 months) after prophylactic… 
1983
1983
Failure of low-dose, total-body irradiation to augment combination chemotherapy in extensive-stage small cell carcinoma of the lung.
In a pilot study, 21 consecutive eligible patients with extensive-stage small cell carcinoma of the lung were scheduled for… 
1983
1983
Changes in the relative risk and sites of central nervous system metastasis with effective combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy for small cell carcinoma of the lung.
Prolongation of survival of patients with small cell carcinoma of the lung with current effective systemic therapy has been… 
1978
1978
Outlook following "somnolence syndrome" after prophylactic cranial irradiation.
The "somnolence syndrome" consists of drowsiness, lethargy, anorexia, and irritability occuring in about 600% of children six… 
1977
1977
[Combination chemotherapy of acute lymphoid leukaemia in children combined with prophylactic cranial irradiation (author's transl)].
From June 1971 to May 1974, 41 children, aged four months to eleven years, with acute lymphoid leukaemia were treated by a…