- Recommendation ID
- NG122/4
- Question
Prophylactic cranial irradiation compared with routine MRI follow-up in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: What is the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of prophylactic cranial irradiation compared with routine MRI follow-up in people with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer without brain metastases?
- Any explanatory notes
(if applicable) For a short explanation of why the committee made the recommendation for research, see the rationale on thoracic radiotherapy and prophylactic cranial irradiation in SCLC .
Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review G: Thoracic radiotherapy for extensive stage SCLC and evidence review H: Prophylactic cranial irradiation for extensive stage SCLC.
Source guidance details
- Comes from guidance
- Lung cancer: diagnosis and management
- Number
- NG122
- Date issued
- March 2019
Other details
| Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? | No |
| Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register? | No |
| Last Reviewed | 31/03/2023 |