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Brain Toxicity

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Advances in Radiation Oncology in Lung Cancer

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Since lung cancer generally has a high, stage- and histology-dependent propensity for brain metastases, many patients receive prophylactic or therapeutic radiotherapy to the brain and are therefore at risk for developing acute, subacute or chronic side effects. Certain types of systemic treatment might also cause brain toxicity. In this chapter the different types of toxicity, the pathogenesis and emerging prevention and treatment strategies are reviewed.

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Nieder, C. (2011). Brain Toxicity. In: Jeremic, B. (eds) Advances in Radiation Oncology in Lung Cancer. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2011_221

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