Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation May Impose a Detrimental Effect on Overall Survival of Patients with Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Shuan-shuan Xie ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shuan-shuan Xie, Ming Li

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, Peoples R China

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• Ming Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shuan-shuan Xie, Ming Li

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, Peoples R China

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• Cai-cun Zhou,

  Affiliation Department of Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Tongji University Cancer Institute, Shanghai, Peoples R China

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• Xiao-lian Song ,

  * E-mail: song-xiao-lian@hotmail.com (XLS); wang-chang-hui@hotmail.com (CHW)

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, Peoples R China

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• Chang-hui Wang

  * E-mail: song-xiao-lian@hotmail.com (XLS); wang-chang-hui@hotmail.com (CHW)

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, Peoples R China

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