| Literature DB >> 31092376 |
Santiago Ponce1, Jordi Bruna2, Oscar Juan3, Rafael López4, Alejandro Navarro5, Ana Laura Ortega6, Javier Puente7, Eugènia Verger8, Adela Bartolomé9, Ernest Nadal10.
Abstract
The presence of an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation is associated with higher incidence of brain metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, patients with synchronous brain metastases at diagnosis have generally been excluded from clinical trials. As there is limited clinical evidence for managing this patient population, a multidisciplinary group of Spanish medical and radiation oncologists, and neuro-oncologist with expertise treating brain metastases in lung cancer patients met with the aim of reaching and developing an expert opinion consensus on the management of patients with EGFR mutated NSCLC with brain metastases. This consensus contains 26 recommendations and 20 conclusion statements across 21 questions in 7 areas, as well as a first-line treatment algorithm.Entities:
Keywords: Brain metastases; Consensus; Diagnosis; EGFR mutation; Management; NSCLC; Recommendation; Treatment
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31092376 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.03.017
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Crit Rev Oncol Hematol ISSN: 1040-8428 Impact factor: 6.312