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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.
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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation Versus Observation in Radically Treated Stage III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized Phase III NVALT-11/DLCRG-02 Study.
Purpose The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) reduces the incidence… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Memory function before and after whole brain radiotherapy in patients with and without brain metastases.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Risk of cerebral metastases and neurological death after pathological complete response to neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced nonsmall‐cell lung cancer
The incidence and pattern of brain metastases was analyzed among patients who achieved a pathological complete response (pCR… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Prophylactic cranial irradiation in operable stage IIIA non small-cell lung cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: results from a German multicenter randomized trial.
PURPOSE To investigate the role of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) within a trimodality protocol (chemotherapy… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Do age and comorbidity impact treatment allocation and outcomes in limited stage small-cell lung cancer? a community-based population analysis.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Intensive ALL-type therapy without local radiotherapy provides a 90% event-free survival for children with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma: a BFM group report.
The purpose of our study was to investigate the efficacy of an acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)-type treatment with moderate… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Cognitive deficits in patients with small cell lung cancer before and after chemotherapy.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Interruptions of high-dose radiation therapy decrease long-term survival of favorable patients with unresectable non-small cell carcinoma of the lung: analysis of 1244 cases from 3 Radiation Therapy…
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Postoperative radiotherapy of primary spinal cord tumors.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Somnolence after Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
A transient cerebral disturbance characterized by somnolence of varying degree is described in children after cranial irradiation… 
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