Largest ever study of radiosurgery for brain metastases from small cell lung cancer

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) The international First-line Radiosurgery for Small-Cell Lung Cancer (FIRE-SCLC) analysis led by University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers and published today in JAMA Oncology shows no overall survival benefit with whole-brain radiation therapy compared with radiosurgery in patients with small cell lung cancer.