Recent progress on therapy of lung cancer with brain metastasis

Abstract

Lung cancer is regarded as the most common malignant tumor,Its incidence has been rising year by year.With a growing tendency,brain is the most common part for metastasis in lung cancer.The median survival time is 1-3 months if the metastatic encephaloma is not treated properly.Accompanied with the intracranial pressure,multiple metastases are in the majorority of the lung cancer with brain metastasis which endangers the patients' lives and has a serious affect on the quality of life.Since the blood and brain can make a barrier which most drugs for chemotherapy can not therapy.But now,it is rare in clinic that only one kind of therapy is applied in treatment,The common situation is that the comprehensive therapies are adopted,such as surgery combined with chemotherapy,surgery combined with radiotherapy,chemotherapy,targeted therapy,etc.The recent progress achieved in the therapies of lung cancer with brain metastasis is summarized in this paper. Key words: Lung cancer; Brain metastases ; Therapy