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Early stage non-small cell lung cancer patients need brain imaging regardless of symptoms.
International journal of clinical oncology - 1 Aug 2018
Ando Takahiro, Kage Hidenori, Saito Minako, Amano Yosuke, Goto Yasushi, Nakajima Jun, Nagase Takahide
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BACKGROUND: Japanese Lung Cancer Society and ESMO guideline recommends screening for brain metastasis in all patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), while NCCN/ACCP guidelines do not recommend screening patients who are asymptomatic and with clinical stage I NSCLC. However, brain metastasis sometimes occurs in early stage NSCLC patients without any neurological symptoms. METHODS: We retrospectively...
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