1. Repeated in-field radiosurgery for locally recurrent brain metastases: Feasibility, results and survival in a heavily treated patient cohort
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Balermpas, Panagiotis, Stera, Susanne, Müller-von der Grün, Jens, Loutfi-Krauss, Britta, Forster, Marie-Thérèse, Wagner, Marlies, Keller, Christian, Rödel, Claus, Seifert, Volker, Blanck, Oliver, Wolff, Robert, and Sherman, Jonathan H.
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Male ,Lung Neoplasms ,Cancer Treatment ,lcsh:Medicine ,Stereotactic Radiosurgery ,Toxicology ,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ,Lung and Intrathoracic Tumors ,Nervous System Procedures ,Robotic Surgical Procedures ,Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung ,Breast Tumors ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,lcsh:Science ,Melanoma ,Neurological Tumors ,Aged, 80 and over ,Brain Neoplasms ,Brain ,Middle Aged ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Treatment Outcome ,Oncology ,Neurology ,Retreatment ,Female ,Research Article ,Adult ,Breast Neoplasms ,Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures ,Radiosurgery ,Necrosis ,Signs and Symptoms ,Diagnostic Medicine ,parasitic diseases ,Breast Cancer ,Humans ,ddc:610 ,Radiation Injuries ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Toxicity ,Patient Selection ,lcsh:R ,Cancers and Neoplasms ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Survival Analysis ,Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer ,Brain Metastasis ,Lesions ,Feasibility Studies ,lcsh:Q ,Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Purpose: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is an established primary treatment for newly diagnosed brain metastases with high local control rates. However, data about local re-irradiation in case of local failure after SRS (re-SRS) are rare. We evaluated the feasibility, efficacy and patient selection characteristics in treating locally recurrent metastases with a second course of SRS. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated patients with brain metastases treated with re-SRS for local tumor progression between 2011 and 2017. Patient and treatment characteristics as well as rates of tumor control, survival and toxicity were analyzed. Results: Overall, 32 locally recurrent brain metastases in 31 patients were irradiated with re-SRS. Median age at re-SRS was 64.9 years. The primary histology was breast cancer and non-small-cellular lung cancer (NSCLC) in respectively 10 cases (31.3%), in 5 cases malignant melanoma (15.6%). In the first SRS-course 19 metastases (59.4%) and in the re-SRS-course 29 metastases (90.6%) were treated with CyberKnife® and the others with Gamma Knife. Median planning target volume (PTV) for re-SRS was 2.5 cm3 (range, 0.1–37.5 cm3) and median dose prescribed to the PTV was 19 Gy (range, 12–28 Gy) in 1–5 fractions to the median 69% isodose (range, 53–80%). The 1-year overall survival rate was 61.7% and the 1-year local control rate was 79.5%. The overall rate of radiological radio-necrosis was 16.1% and four patients (12.9%) experienced grade ≥ 3 toxicities. Conclusions: A second course of SRS for locally recurrent brain metastases after prior local SRS appears to be feasible with acceptable toxicity and can be considered as salvage treatment option for selected patients with high performance status. Furthermore, this is the first study utilizing robotic radiosurgery for this indication, as an additional option for frameless fractionated treatment.
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- 2018