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As noted elsewhere in this volume, treatment of brain metastases by either radiotherapy or chemotherapy, with or without steroids, has been disappointing: although radiation therapy has been shown to improve the quality of life (Hendrickson 1975; Order et al. 1968), the average duration of survival is only 3–6 months. Among patients with lung cancer and brain metastases, the response is very poor particularly with non-oat cell carcinoma. This chapter reports our experience with concomitant doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), CCNU and radiation therapy in the treatment of brain metastases from lung cancer exclusively.
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Chan, P.Y.M., Byfield, J.E., Campbell, T., Sadoff, L., Rao, A.R. (1980). Combined Chemotherapy and Irradiation in the Treatment of Brain Metastases from Lung Cancer. In: Weiss, L., Gilbert, H.A., Posner, J.B. (eds) Brain Metastasis. Metastasis: A Monograph Series, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8799-9_24
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