426
Views
16
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Oncology: Review article

Current approaches for prophylactic cranial irradiation in extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma

, , , &
Pages 1327-1336 | Accepted 12 Mar 2014, Published online: 04 Apr 2014

References

  • Duguid JKA. Oat cell tumors of mediastinal glands. J Pathol Bacteriol 1930;33:93-9
  • Richardson RL, Weiland LH. Undifferentiated small cell carcinomas in extrapulmonary sites. Semin Oncol 1982;9:484-96
  • Haider K, Shahid RK, Finch D, et al. Extrapulmonary small cell cancer: a Canadian province's experience. Cancer 2006;107:2262-9
  • Brenner B, Shah MA, Gonen M, et al. Small-cell carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract: a retrospective study of 64 cases. Br J Cancer 2004;90:1720-6
  • Shahab N. Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma of the bladder. Semin Oncol 2007;34:15-21
  • Lee SS, Lee JL, Ryu MH, et al. Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma: single center experience with Carranza 61 patients. Acta Oncol 2007;46:846-51
  • Ferlito A, Rinaldo A. Primary and secondary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the larynx: a review. Head Neck 2008;30:518-24
  • Vrouvas J, Ash DV. Extrapulmonary small cell cancer. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 1995;7:377-81
  • Galanis E, Frytak S, Lloyd RV. Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma. Cancer 1997;79:1729-36
  • Cicin I, Karagol H, Uzunoglu S, et al. Extrapulmonary small-cell carcinoma compared with small-cell lung carcinoma: a retrospective single-center study. Cancer 2007;110:1068-76
  • Soto DE, Eisbruch A. Limited-stage extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma: outcomes after modern chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Cancer J 2007;13:243-6
  • Barker JL Jr, Glisson BS, Garden AS, et al. Management of nonsinonasal neuroendocrine carcinomas of the head and neck. Cancer 2003;98:2322-8
  • Rosen ST, Makuch RW, Lichter AS, et al. Role of prophylactic cranial irradiation in prevention of central nervous system metastases in small cell lung cancer. Potential benefit restricted to patients with complete response. Am J Med 1983;74:615-24
  • Kristjansen PE, Kristensen CA. The role of prophylactic cranial irradiation in the management of small cell lung cancer. Cancer Treat Rev 1993;19:3-16
  • Arriagada R, Le Chevalier T, Borie F, et al. Prophylactic cranial irradiation for patients with small-cell lung cancer in complete remission. J Natl Cancer Inst 1995;87:183-90
  • Gregor A, Cull A, Stephens RJ, et al. Prophylactic cranial irradiation is indicated following complete response to induction therapy in small cell lung cancer: results of a multicentre randomised trial. United Kingdom Coordinating Committee for Cancer Research (UKCCCR) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). Eur J Cancer 1997;33:1752-8
  • Nugent JL, Bunn Jr PA, Matthews MJ, et al. CNS metastases in small cell bronchogenic carcinoma: increasing frequency and changing pattern with lengthening survival. Cancer 1979;44:1885-93
  • Auperin A, Arriagada R, Pignon JP, et al. Prophylactic cranial irradiation for patients with small-cell lung cancer in complete remission. Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation Overview Collaborative Group. N Engl J Med 1999;341:476-84
  • Johnson BE, Bridges JD, Sobczeck M, et al. Patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer treated with concurrent twice-daily chest radiotherapy and etoposide/cisplatin followed by cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and vincristine. J Clin Oncol 1996;14:806-13
  • Grosshans DR, Meyers CA, Allen PK, et al. Neurocognitive function in patients with small cell lung cancer: effect of prophylactic cranial irradiation. Cancer 2008;112:589-95
  • Slotman B, Faivre-Finn C, Kramer G, et al. Prophylactic cranial irradiation in extensive small-cell lung cancer. N Engl J Med 2007;357:664-72
  • Song Y, He J, Wu LY, et al. [Treatment and prognosis of extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma of 243 cases]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2010;32:132-8
  • Naidoo J, Teo MY, Deady S, et al. Should patients with extrapulmonary small-cell carcinoma receive prophylactic cranial irradiation? J Thorac Oncol 2013;8:1215-21
  • Fruh M, Kacsir B, Ess S, et al. Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma: an indication for prophylactic cranial irradiation? A single center experience. Strahlenther Onkol 2011;187:561-7
  • Muller AC, Gani C, Weinmann M, et al. Limited disease of extra-pulmonary small cell carcinoma. Impact of local treatment and nodal status, role of cranial irradiation. Strahlenther Onkol 2012;188:269-73
  • Brennan SM, Gregory DL, Stillie A, et al. Should extrapulmonary small cell cancer be managed like small cell lung cancer? Cancer 2010;116:888-95
  • Eckert F, Gani C, Bamberg M, Muller AC. Cerebral metastases in extrapulmonary cell carcinoma. Implications for the use of prophylactic cranial irradiation. Strahlenther Onkol 2012;188:478-82
  • Brenner B, Tang LH, Klimstra DS, Kelsen DP. Small-cell carcinomas of the gastrointestinal tract: a review. J Clin Oncol 2004;22:2730-9
  • Lv J, Liang J, Wang J, et al. Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus. J Thorac Oncol 2008;3:1460-5
  • Wu Z, Ma JY, Yang JJ, et al. Primary small cell carcinoma of esophagus: Report of 9 cases and review of literature. World J Gastroenterol 2004;10:3680-2
  • Mahmoud Abu Hazeem RT, Shanmuga Subbiah, Peter T, et al. Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: Retrospective analysis of the veterans affairs cancer registry. ASCO Annual Meeting USA. J Clin Oncol 2012;30 (suppl; abstr e14641)
  • Chen SB, Yang JS, Yang WP, et al. Treatment and prognosis of limited disease primary small cell carcinoma of esophagus. Dis Esophagus 2011;24:114-19
  • Nakajima Y, Zenda S, Minashi K, et al. Non-surgical approach to small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: does this rare disease have the same tumor behavior as SCLC? Int J Clin Oncol 2012;17:610-15
  • Hudson E, Powell J, Mukherjee S, et al. Small cell oesophageal carcinoma: an institutional experience and review of the literature. Br J Cancer 2007;96:708-11
  • Lu XJ, Luo JD, Ling Y, et al. Management of small cell carcinoma of esophagus in China. J Gastrointest Surg 2013;17:1181-7
  • Meng MB, Zaorsky NG, Jiang C, et al. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are associated with improved outcomes over surgery and chemotherapy in the management of limited-stage small cell esophageal carcinoma. Radiother Oncol 2013;106:317-22
  • Zhu Y, Qiu B, Liu H, et al. Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: review of 64 cases from a single institution. Dis Esophagus 2014;27:152-8
  • Matsui K, Kitagawa M, Miwa A, et al. Small cell carcinoma of the stomach: a clinicopathologic study of 17 cases. Am J Gastroenterol 1991;86:1167-75
  • Peng C, Zhang X, Zou X. Limited stage small cell carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract: a clinicopathologic and prognostic analysis of 27 cases. Rare Tumors 2013;5:e6
  • Namikawa T, Kobayashi M, Okabayashi T, et al. Primary gastric small cell carcinoma: report of a case and review of the literature. Med Mol Morphol 2005;38:256-61
  • Huang J, Zhou Y, Zhao X, et al. Primary small cell carcinoma of the stomach: an experience of two decades (1990–2011) in a Chinese cancer institute. J Surg Oncol 2012;106:994-8
  • Tomioka K, Fukoe Y, Lee Y, et al. Primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the appendix: a case report and review of the literature. Anticancer Res 2013;33:2635-8
  • El Demellawy D, Khalifa MA, Ismiil N, et al. Primary colorectal small cell carcinoma: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 10 cases. Diagn Pathol 2007;2:35-42
  • Acea Nebril B, Bouso Montero M, Arnal Monreal F, et al. [Undifferentiated small cell carcinoma (oat-cell type) of the colon. Prognostic and therapeutic implications.] Rev Esp Enferm Dig 1996;88:533-8
  • Hussein AM, Feun LG, Sridhar KS, et al. Small cell carcinoma of the large intestine presenting as central nervous systems signs and symptoms. Two case reports with literature review. J Neurooncol 1990;8:269-74
  • Cheng L, Pan CX, Yang XJ, et al. Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: a clinicopathologic analysis of 64 patients. Cancer 2004;101:957-62
  • Bex A, Sonke GS, Pos FJ, et al. Symptomatic brain metastases from small-cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: The Netherlands Cancer Institute experience and literature review. Ann Oncol 2010;21:2240-5
  • Siefker-Radtke AO, Dinney CP, Abrahams NA, et al. Evidence supporting preoperative chemotherapy for small cell carcinoma of the bladder: a retrospective review of the M. D. Anderson cancer experience. J Urol 2004;172:481-4
  • Bex A, Nieuwenhuijzen JA, Kerst M, et al. Small cell carcinoma of bladder: a single-center prospective study of 25 cases treated in analogy to small cell lung cancer. Urology 2005;65:295-9
  • Hou CP, Lin YH, Chen CL, et al. Clinical outcome of primary small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Onco Targets Ther 2013;6:1179-85
  • Lester JF, Hudson E, Barber JB. Bladder preservation in small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: an institutional experience and review of the literature. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2006;18:608-11
  • Carranza OE, Castanon E, Abella LE, et al. Clinical management of small-cell carcinoma of the urinary tract: a 10-year single-center's experience. Clin Genitourin Cancer 2013;11:168-74
  • Choong NW, Quevedo JF, Kaur JS. Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. The Mayo Clinic experience. Cancer 2005;103:1172-8
  • Faraj El-Gehani M, Dechaphunkul A, Kamal M, et al. Small cell carcinoma of the genitourinary tract: a 10-year single institution experience. Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, USA. J Clin Oncol 2012;30 (suppl 5; abstr 312)
  • Siefker-Radtke AO, Kamat AM, Grossman HB, et al. Phase II clinical trial of neoadjuvant alternating doublet chemotherapy with ifosfamide/doxorubicin and etoposide/cisplatin in small-cell urothelial cancer. J Clin Oncol 2009;27:2592-7
  • Moretto P, Wood L, Emmenegger U, et al. Management of small cell carcinoma of the bladder: Consensus guidelines from the Canadian Association of Genitourinary Medical Oncologists (CAGMO). Can Urol Assoc J 2013;7:E44-56
  • Choi S. Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation (PCI) for Small Cell Carcinoma of the Urothelium. [ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00756639.] M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. First Received Date: September 18, 2008. (This study is currently recruiting participants)
  • Weed JC Jr, Graff AT, Shoup B, Tawfik O. Small cell undifferentiated (neuroendocrine) carcinoma of the uterine cervix. J Am Coll Surg 2003;197:44-51
  • Viswanathan AN, Deavers MT, Jhingran A, et al. Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix: outcome and patterns of recurrence. Gynecol Oncol 2004;93:27-33
  • Hoskins PJ, Swenerton KD, Pike JA, et al. Small-cell carcinoma of the cervix: fourteen years of experience at a single institution using a combined-modality regimen of involved-field irradiation and platinum-based combination chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol 2003;21:3495-501
  • Rekhi B, Patil B, Deodhar KK, et al. Spectrum of neuroendocrine carcinomas of the uterine cervix, including histopathologic features, terminology, immunohistochemical profile, and clinical outcomes in a series of 50 cases from a single institution in India. Ann Diagn Pathol 2013;17:1-9
  • El-Gehani F, Sun J, Kamal M, et al. Small cell carcinoma of the female genital tract: A single institution experience. 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting USA. J Clin Oncol 2012;30 (suppl; abstr e15540)
  • Tremont-Lukats IW, Bobustuc G, Lagos GK, et al. Brain metastasis from prostate carcinoma: the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center experience. Cancer 2003;98:363-8
  • Spiess PE, Pettaway CA, Vakar-Lopez F, et al. Treatment outcomes of small cell carcinoma of the prostate: a single-center study. Cancer 2007;110:1729-37
  • Papandreou CN, Daliani DD, Thall PF, et al. Results of a phase II study with doxorubicin, etoposide, and cisplatin in patients with fully characterized small-cell carcinoma of the prostate. J Clin Oncol 2002;20:3072-80
  • Asmis TR, Reaume MN, Dahrouge S, Malone S. Genitourinary small cell carcinoma: a retrospective review of treatment and survival patterns at The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Center. BJU Int 2006;97:711-15
  • Zachariah B, Casey L, Zachariah SB, et al. Case report: brain metastasis from primary small cell carcinoma of the prostate. Am J Med Sci 1994;308:177-9
  • Baugh RF, Wolf GT, McClatchey KD. Small cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Head Neck Surg 1986;8:343-54
  • Ferlito A, Friedmann I. Review of neuroendocrine carcinomas of the larynx. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1989;98:780-90
  • Rosenthal DI, Barker JL, El-Naggar AK, et al. Sinonasal malignancies with neuroendocrine differentiation: patterns of failure according to histologic phenotype. Cancer 2004;101:2567-73
  • Franco P, Numico G, Migliaccio F, et al. Head and neck region consolidation radiotherapy and prophylactic cranial irradiation with hippocampal avoidance delivered with helical tomotherapy after induction chemotherapy for non-sinonasal neuroendocrine carcinoma of the upper airways. Radiat Oncol 2012;7:21

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.