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Indications and Efficacy of Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Recurrent Glioblastoma: 2 Decades of Institutional Experience

Authors :
Brandon S. Imber
Ishan Kanungo
Igor J. Barani
Manish K. Aghi
Steve Braunstein
Juan R. Cabrera
Edward F. Chang
Jean L. Nakamura
Penny K. Sneed
Annette M. Molinaro
Mitchel S. Berger
Shannon Fogh
Michael W. McDermott
Source :
Neurosurgery, vol 80, iss 1
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2016.

Abstract

BackgroundThe role of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for recurrent glioblastoma and the radionecrosis risk in this setting remain unclear.ObjectiveTo perform a large retrospective study to help inform proper indications, efficacy, and anticipated complications of SRS for recurrent glioblastoma.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed patients who underwent Gamma Knife SRS between 1991 and 2013. We used the partitioning deletion/substitution/addition algorithm to identify potential predictor covariate cut points and Kaplan-Meier and proportional hazards modeling to identify factors associated with post-SRS and postdiagnosis survival.ResultsOne hundred seventy-four glioblastoma patients (median age, 54.1years) underwent SRS a median of 8.7months after initial diagnosis. Seventy-five percent had 1 treatment target (range, 1-6), and median target volume and prescriptions were 7.0cm 3 (range, 0.3-39.0cm 3 ) and 16.0Gy (range, 10-22Gy), respectively. Median overall survival was 10.6months after SRS and 19.1months after diagnosis. Kaplan-Meier and multivariable modeling revealed that younger age at SRS, higher prescription dose, and longer interval between original surgery and SRS are significantly associated with improved post-SRS survival. Forty-six patients (26%) underwent salvage craniotomy after SRS, with 63% showing radionecrosis or mixed tumor/necrosis vs 35% showing purely recurrent tumor. The necrosis/mixed group had lower mean isodose prescription compared with the tumor group (16.2 vs 17.8Gy; P = .003) and larger mean treatment volume (10.0 vs 5.4cm 3 ; P = .009).ConclusionGamma Knife may benefit a subset of focally recurrent patients, particularly those who are younger with smaller recurrences. Higher prescriptions are associated with improved post-SRS survival and do not seem to have greater risk of symptomatic treatment effect.

Details

ISSN :
15244040 and 0148396X
Volume :
80
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Neurosurgery
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....5948a55746518eccac18f8013f0831a2