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Secondary Brain Neoplasm after Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Patients with Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 15 Aug 2018
Nukaga Shigenari, Naoki Katsuhiko, Yasuda Hiroyuki, Kawada Ichiro, Ohara Kentaro, Soejima Kenzo, Betsuyaku Tomoko
Abstract excerpt
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) using the Gamma Knife (GK) is now being increasingly utilized for the treatment of brain metastases. However, there are a few reported cases of SRS-induced brain neoplasms. We herein report the case of a Japanese woman with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring epidermal growth factor (EGFR)-mutations who was treated four times with a GK for brain metastases. She...
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