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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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2001
2001
It is well known that prophylactic cranial irradiation is highly effective in preventing central nervous system (CNS) relapse of… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
As small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) is frequently a widespread disease at diagnosis, highly radiosensitive and often only… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
PURPOSE To determine whether an intensive weekly chemotherapy regimen plus thoracic irradiation is superior to standard… 
1994
1994
Dosimetry of radiation scattered to the thyroid gland was performed in 17 children (9 boys, 8 girls) who were treated for acute… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
ABSTRACT. Growth and weight gain were studied longitudinally over a period of four years in thirty‐nine children treated for… 
1978
1978
The "somnolence syndrome" consists of drowsiness, lethargy, anorexia, and irritability occuring in about 600% of children six…