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Radiation Therapy for Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a very aggressive type of lung cancer, which metastasizes early. The focus of this chapter is on the role of radiotherapy to the chest and prophylactic irradiation of the brain in patients with localized and disseminated SCLC.

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Slotman, B.J. (2018). Radiation Therapy for Small-Cell Lung Cancer. In: Wenz, F. (eds) Radiation Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52619-5_35-1

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