The need of radiosurgery is controversial for asymptomatic oligo brain metastasis for non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Therefore, the investigators do a randomized study comparing overall survival between two groups with or without radiosurgery for asymptomatic oligo brain metastasis before palliative chemotherapy for NSCLC.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
176
Gamma knife surgery for asymptomatic oligo-metastasis to brain from NSCLC
No local treatment
Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, South Korea
RECRUITINGoverall survival
Time frame: 1 year after the enrollment of the last patient
Time to CNS progression
Time frame: 1 year after the enrollment of the last patient
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