Special Issue

Topic: Radiotherapy of Brain Metastases from Lung Cancer

A Special Issue of Journal of Cancer Metastasis and Treatment

ISSN 2454-2857 (Online) 2394-4722 (Print)

Submission deadline: 31 Dec 2018

Guest Editor(s)

Prof. Lucyna Kepka
Radiation Oncology Department, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.

Special Issue Introduction

Radiotherapy is widely used for the treatment of brain metastases from lung cancer (both small and non-small cell). Survival after development of brain metastases is poor. However, with the advances in immunotherapy and molecular targeted therapies, some patients may achieve a long-term survival even with disseminated disease. For such patients, the neurotoxicity of whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is of particular concern and there is a need to use more focused forms of radiotherapy as radiosurgery, or hippocampal-sparing. In some patients, radiotherapy of brain may be avoided. Others benefit from radiotherapy in form of WBRT or radiosurgery or both. In this Special Issue, we aim to present an available evidence as well as areas of research on radiotherapy of brain metastases from lung cancer.
Topics include but are not limited to:
• Incorporation of molecular alterations of NSCLC in making treatment decisions of brain metastases
• WBRT as still valid option for brain metastases from lung cancer
• Avoidance of WBRT in brain metastases from lung cancer in patients available for neurosurgery or radiosurgery
• Avoidance of WBRT in brain metastases from lung cancer in patients who are not available for neurosurgery or radiosurgery

Keywords

Lung cancer, brain metastases, whole-brain radiotherapy, radiosurgery

Submission Deadline

31 Dec 2018

Submission Information

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Submission Deadline: 31 Dec, 2018
Contacts: Ellian Huang, Assistant Editor, editor001@jcmtjournal.com

Published Articles

Diagnosis and management of brain metastases: an updated review from a radiation oncology perspective
Open Access Review 10 Jul 2019
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Training and evaluation of a knowledge-based model for automated treatment planning of multiple brain metastases
Open Access Original Article 13 May 2019
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Radiotherapy of brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer
Open Access Review 18 Feb 2019
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Journal of Cancer Metastasis and Treatment
ISSN 2454-2857 (Online) 2394-4722 (Print)

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