The recognition that the vast majority of patients with small cell lung cancer have distant
metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis led to the use of systemic chemotherapy and …

The use of low-dose total body irradiation (LTBI) in treatment of lymphomatous malignancies
dates back to the 1920s. The usual practice was to give very low individual TBI fraction sizes …

This is only the second Special Series on lung cancer inJournal of Clinical Oncology (JCO)
since its inception 30 years ago, and in the interim, the lung cancer world has certainly …

Patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) are candidates for aggressive therapy because
of their potential for long‐term survival, especially patients with limited‐stage disease …

A retrospective study of 118 women with breast cancer metastatic to bone is presented. All
had originally received post mastectomy adjuvant radiation therapy for Stage II (T 2 N 0, T 2 …

The role of radiation therapy in the primary management of small cell lung cancer is very
much a matter of current debate. Its value in palliative treatment is unquestioned …

We undertook a retrospective study of all lung cancer patients diagnosed between 1978 to
1982 and seen at the University of California San Diego affiliated hospitals. There were 390 …

Sequential hemibody irradiation (SHB) was integrated with combination chemotherapy and
local irradiation (LRT) in the induction and consolidation phases of a therapeutic protocol for …

We have attempted to highlight the most important aspects of SCBC in this review. The
significant strides made in a variety of areas have been associated with increased response …

A review of reports for the past 5 years on hemibody irradiation (HBI) and total-body
irradiation (TBI) as part of the definitive treatment of patients with small cell lung cancer …