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Table 2 Specific BM treatment plans for patients

From: The therapeutic effect of radiotherapy combined with systemic therapy compared to radiotherapy alone in patients with simple brain metastasis after first-line treatment of limited-stage small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study

 

Monotherapy

(n = 50)

Combined therapy

(n = 50)

P value

Radiotherapy

  

0.643

 SRS

5(10)

8(16)

 

 WBRT

20(40)

20(40)

 

 WBRT + SRS

25(50)

22(44)

 

Systemic therapy

   

 CT

 

40(80)

 

 CT + ICIs

 

10(20)

 
  1. Abbreviations:SRS = stereotactic radiosurgery; WBRT = whole brain radiotherapy; CT = chemotherapy; ICIs = immune checkpoint inhibitors