Focused Radiosurgery Extends Survival for Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Brain Metastases

Radiosurgery Linked to Longer Lung Cancer Survival

Study finds longer survival among selected lung cancer patients receiving focused brain radiation treatment.

Focused radiosurgery extends survival for small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases

Patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) that had spread to the brain lived a median of 17 months after focused stereotactic radiosurgery, compared with nine months after an advanced form of whole brain radiation therapy, an unexpected secondary finding from the first randomized phase 3 trial to compare the treatment approaches in this population.

Radiosurgery linked to longer survival for small cell lung cancer with brain metastases

Patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) that had spread to the brain lived a median of 17 months after focused stereotactic radiosurgery, compared with nine months after an advanced form of whole-brain radiation therapy, an unexpected secondary finding from the first randomized Phase III trial to compare the treatment approaches in this population.