Advances in Treatment of Brain Metastasis from Lung Cancer

Abstract

Lung cancer is the malignant tumor with the highest incidence and mortality in China, and is prone to brain metastasis in the process of disease development, which seriously affects the quality of life and survival of patients. The treatment methods for brain metastasis of lung cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, whole brain radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, molecular targeted therapy, immunotherapy, anti-angiogenesis therapy, etc. It's one of the research hotspots to choose reasonable and effective treatment schemes for different patients. This paper reviews the research progress in the treatment of brain metastasis from lung cancer, to provide reference for selecting more reasonable clinical treatment for the patients.

Keywords

• lung cancer
• brain metastasis
• whole brain radiotherapy
• stereotactic radiosurgery
• targeted therapy
• immunotherapy
• antiangiogenesis therapy