Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Intraventricular Metastases: A Multicenter Study.

Georgios MantziarisStylianos PikisZhiyuan XuReed MullenJuan AlzateKenneth BernsteinDouglas KondziolkaZhishuo WeiAjay NiranjanL Dade LunsfordRoman LiscakJaromir MayCheng-Chia LeeHuai-Che YangFrançois-Louis CoupéDavid MathieuKimball SheehanDarrah SheehanJoshua D PalmerHaley K PerlowSelcuk PekerYavuz SamanciJennifer PetersonDaniel M TrifilettiMatthew J ShepardShahed ElhamdaniRodney E WegnerHerwin SpeckterWenceslao HernandezRonald E WarnickJason Sheehan

Published in: Neurosurgery (2022)

SRS is an effective treatment option for IVMs, with a local IVM control rate comparable with SRS for parenchymal brain metastases. Leptomeningeal spread and hydrocephalus in patients with IVM occur in a minority of patients, but these patients warrant careful follow-up to detect these changes.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
brain metastases
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
small cell lung cancer
cerebrospinal fluid
subarachnoid hemorrhage
replacement therapy
patient reported
combination therapy
smoking cessation