Health related quality of life trajectories after stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: a systematic review.

Adomas BuneviciusLaura DonovanJason Sheehan

Published in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2022)

SRS for BMs is often associated with sustained preservation of HRQoL. Individual variation of HRQoL domains after SRS is common. Shorter survival and AREs are associated with worse HRQoL. Worse functional status and greater disease burden predict unfavorable HRQoL trajectories after SRS for BMs.

Keyphrases

brain metastases
small cell lung cancer
depressive symptoms
risk factors
free survival