The growing importance of lesion volume as a prognostic factor in patients with multiple brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery

The growing importance of lesion volume as a prognostic factor in patients with multiple brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery

Abstract Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) is considered standard of care for patients with 1–3 brain metastases (BM). Recent observational studies have shown equivalent OS in patients with 5+ BM compared to those with 2–4, suggesting SRS alone may be appropriate in these patients. We aim to review ou...

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Main Authors: David M. Routman, Shelly X. Bian, Kevin Diao, Jonathan L. Liu, Cheng Yu, Jason Ye, Gabriel Zada, Eric L. Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-03-01
Series:Cancer Medicine
Subjects:
Brain metastases
lesion number
stereotactic radiosurgery
tumor volume
whole‐brain radiation therapy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1352

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https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1352

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