Chemotherapy for brain metastases of lung cancer: a review

PE Postmus, EF Smit - Annals of oncology, 1999 - Elsevier
In lung cancer patients brain metastases develop with a high frequency. For years
radiotherapy has been the standard treatment for these patients. Here we review the …

Timing of development of symptomatic brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: impact on symptoms, treatment, and survival in the era of molecular …

ST Jünger, P Schödel, D Ruess, M Ruge, JS Brand… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In order to clarify whether an early development of brain metastases from
non-small cell lung cancer represents a poor prognostic factor for further survival we …

Aggressive treatment of primary tumor in patients with non–small-cell lung cancer and exclusively brain metastases

C Villarreal-Garza, D De La Mata, DG Zavala… - Clinical lung cancer, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Between 30% and 50% of patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will
develop cerebral metastases in the course of their illness. As improvements are made in the …

Clinical outcomes of non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery and immune checkpoint inhibitors, EGFR tyrosine kinase …

AE Dohm, J Tang, MN Mills, BA Perez… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose/Objective (s) Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and epidermal growth factor
receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKI) have shown responses in the management of …

Combination chemotherapy of cisplatin, ifosfamide, and irinotecan with rhG-CSF support in patients with brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer

A Fujita, S Fukuoka, H Takabatake, S Tagaki, K Sekine - Oncology, 2000 - karger.com
Background: Brain metastases develop frequently in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC), and the prognosis for these patients is very poor. We evaluated the role of …

Management of brain metastases in non–small-cell lung cancer

V Ernani, TE Stinchcombe - Journal of oncology practice, 2019 - ascopubs.org
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States.
Approximately 20% of these patients present with brain metastases (BMs). Surgical …

Evaluating cancer drugs in patients with central nervous system metastases

S Marur, JA Beaver, R Pazdur - JAMA oncology, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
In early 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved tucatinib, an oral
tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) of the protein ERBB2 (formerly HER2), in combination with …

Brain metastases management in oncogene-addicted non-small cell lung cancer in the targeted therapies era

E De Carlo, E Bertoli, A Del Conte, B Stanzione… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The therapeutic landscape in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer harboring
oncogenic biomarkers has radically changed with the development of targeted therapies …

Systemic therapy of brain metastases: non–small cell lung cancer, breast cancer, and melanoma

MC Chamberlain, CS Baik, VK Gadi, S Bhatia… - Neuro …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Brain metastases (BM) occur frequently in many cancers, particularly non–small cell lung
cancer (NSCLC), breast cancer, and melanoma. The development of BM is associated with …

A neuro-oncologist's perspective on management of brain metastases in patients with EGFR mutant non-small cell lung cancer

T McGranahan, S Nagpal - Current Treatment Options in Oncology, 2017 - Springer
Opinion statement Management of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with brain
metastasis (BrM) has been revolutionized by identification of molecular subsets that have …