Up to 40% non-small cell lung cancer patients developed brain metastasis during progression. Multiple brain metastases are common in non-small cell lung cancer. The prognosis of brain metastasis is poor with median survival of less than 1 year. Radio therapy for brain metastases has gradually developed from whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) to various radiation strategies. WBRT, surgery+WBRT, stereotactic radiotherapy+WBRT or WBRT with simultaneous integrated boost (SIB), etc. have better overall survival than those untreated patients. The damage of the cognitive function from WBRT has been realized recently, however, options of radiation strategies for long expected survival patients remain controversial. This paper will discuss different WBRT strategies and treatment side effects of non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases.
高达40%的非小细胞肺癌患者在疾病进程中出现脑转移，且非小细胞肺癌脑转移常为多发转移。脑转移患者的预后较差，中位生存期不到1年。脑转移的放射治疗已经从全脑放疗逐渐发展到多种放射治疗策略广泛应用的时代。目前已证实单纯全脑放疗、手术+全脑放疗、立体定向放射治疗+全脑放射治疗、同步调强全脑放射治疗等对比未治疗患者能提高总生存期。近年来，全脑放疗对认知功能的损害受到广泛关注，针对预期生存时间较长的患者，采取何种放疗模式尚存在争议。本文将分别论述非小细胞肺癌脑转移不同的全脑放射治疗策略及治疗副作用。.