A feasibility study to evaluate early treatment response of brain metastases one week after stereotactic radiosurgery using perfusion weighted imaging.
Jiayi HuangMikhail MilchenkoYuan James RaoPamela LaMontagneChristopher AbrahamClifford G RobinsonYi HuangJoshua S ShimonyKeith M RichTammie BenzingerPublished in: PloS one (2020)
PWI at week 1 after SRS may have borderline association with LR. Tumors <2.0cm3 have low risk of LR after SRS and may be low-yield for predictive biomarker studies. Information regarding sample size and potential challenges for future imaging biomarker studies may be gleaned from this pilot study.