Examining the survival benefit of radiation therapy on leptomeningeal carcinomatosis and identifying factors associated with survival benefit of whole‐brain radiation therapy

Precision Radiation Oncology

Jae Kim¹ 

[1] University of Central Florida College of Medicine Orlando Florida USA

关键词: breast cancer;    leptomeningeal carcinomatosis;    lung cancer;    whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT);   

DOI  :  10.1002/pro6.43

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Today, there are no conclusive data on the survival benefit from radiation therapy for leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC) patients. The purpose of this article is mainly two folds: first, to report the survival benefit of radiation therapy (RT) in LMC patients with breast or lung as primary cancer and second, to identify the factors of LMC patients that had survival benefit from whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT).

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-ND