Focal cavity radiotherapy after neurosurgical resection of brain metastases: sparing neurotoxicity without compromising locoregional control.
Klaus-Henning KahlEhab ShibanSusanne GutserChristoph J MaurerBjörn SommerHeiko MüllerIna KonietzkoUte GrossertAnsgar BerlisTilman JanzenGeorg StübenPublished in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2022)
In our single-center study, focal cavity radiotherapy was associated with high local control. In three out of four patients, whole-brain radiotherapy could be avoided in the complete course of disease, using radiosurgery as salvage approach without compromising neuro-control.
Keyphrases
- brain metastases
- early stage
- small cell lung cancer
- locally advanced
- end stage renal disease
- radiation therapy
- radiation induced
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- prognostic factors
- multiple sclerosis
- rectal cancer
- white matter
- brain injury
- minimally invasive
- cerebral ischemia
- subarachnoid hemorrhage