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Management and Outcomes of Newly Diagnosed Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Brain Metastases: A Real-World Study in Japan.
Oncology - 1 Jan 2020
Yoshida Hironori, Kim Young Hak, Iwatsubo Shigeaki, Sakaguchi Chikara, Sakamori Yuichi, Nagai Hiroki, Ozasa Hiroaki, Mio Tadashi, Hirai Toyohiro
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BACKGROUND: Brain metastases (BM) are one of the strongest negative prognostic factors in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Molecularly targeted agents are standard of care for NSCLC patients with a driver mutation; however, their efficacy in patients with BM is not fully understood because patients with BM are usually excluded from clinical studies. This study investigated the current management...
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