Journal of neuro-oncology
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Journal of neuro-oncology · Dec 2000
Psychophysiological evaluation of short-term neurotoxicity after prophylactic brain irradiation in patients with small cell lung cancer: a study of event related potentials.
The aim of this study was to show, whether a certain prophylacting applicable radiation affects the cognition, particularly, the specific cognitive components P50, N100, P300 and N400 of auditory event related potentials (ERPs) during a short memory test. ⋯ No short-term psychophysiological neurotoxicity was detected with this PCI schedule using these instruments, lending additional support to evidence suggesting the benefit of this certain PCI schedule for patients with SCLC.