Cochrane · systematic review · CD002143
Palliative radiotherapy regimens for patients with thoracic symptoms from non‐small cell lung cancer
Stevens, R, Macbeth, F, Toy, E, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
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Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 3 · 60%Moderate 2 · 40%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
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Population: adults with non small cell lung cancer who are not felt to be curable
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
year overall survival in patients of good performance status (WHO performance status 0‐1) | no estimate extracted | 8 studies · 1081 participants | Low |
year overall survival in patients of poor performance status (WHO performance status 2‐4) | RR 0.96 [0.91, 1.02] | 7 studies · 911 participants | Moderate |
Oesophagitis (grade 3 to 4) | RR 1.23 [0.81, 1.87] | 8 studies · 1301 participants | Low |
Radiation Myelopathy (any grade) | RR 1.29 [0.37, 4.51] | 11 studies · 2663 participants | Moderate |
Radiation pneumonitis (any grade) | RR 0.62 [0.23, 1.66] | 3 studies · 533 participants | Low |