Generation of a New Disease-specific Prognostic Score for Patients With Brain Metastases From Small-cell Lung Cancer Treated With Whole Brain Radiotherapy (BMS-Score) and Validation of Two Other Indices

ISSN
1525-7304
Date Issued
2018
Author(s)
Bernhardt, Denise
König, Laila
Aufderstrasse, Sophie
Krisam, Johannes
Hoerner-Rieber, Juliane
Adeberg, Sebastian
Bozorgmehr, Farastuk
Lang, Kristin
Kappes, Jutta
Thomas, Michael
Herth, Felix
Heußel, Claus Peter
Warth, Arne
Marcrom, Samuel
Debus, Jürgen
Steins, Martin
DOI
10.1016/j.cllc.2017.12.004
Abstract
Patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) demonstrate an exception in the treatment of brain metastases (BM), because in patients with SCLC whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) only is the preferred treatment modality. The purpose of this study was to develop a prognostic score for patients with brain metastases from SCLC treated with WBRT.