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  "id": 7699398,
  "title": "Brain MRI surveillance without prophylactic cranial irradiation improves cognitive outcomes in small cell lung cancer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/brain-mri-surveillance-without-prophylactic-cranial-irradiation",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-16T03:40:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
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  "summary": "In the SWOG S1827 MAVERICK Phase III randomized trial, patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) who underwent regular brain MRI surveillance without prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) had significantly better cognitive failure-free survival (the primary endpoint of the trial), without an apparent difference in overall survival, according to results presented at the Presidential Symposium…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "Trial shows risvutatug rezetecan significantly improves overall survival in relapsed small-cell lung cancer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/trial-shows-risvutatug-rezetecan-significantly-improves-overall",
        "published": "2026-09-13T01:50:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MedPage Today",
        "title": "Brain MRI Surveillance Alone Helps Preserve Cognition in Small Cell Lung Cancer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/brain-mri-surveillance-alone-helps-preserve-cognition-in-small-cell",
        "published": "2026-09-14T17:39:09.000Z"
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