Treatment for brain metastases: ASCO-SNO-ASTRO guideline

MA Vogelbaum, PD Brown, H Messersmith… - 2022 - academic.oup.com
Purpose To provide guidance to clinicians regarding therapy for patients with brain
metastases from solid tumors. Methods ASCO convened an Expert Panel and conducted a …

[HTML][HTML] Time interval from diagnosis to treatment of brain metastases with stereotactic radiosurgery is not associated with radionecrosis or local failure

J Leu, M Akerman, C Mendez, JW Lischalk… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Brain metastases are the most common intracranial tumor diagnosed in adults.
In patients treated with stereotactic radiosurgery, the incidence of post-treatment …

Prognostic factors and independent validation of a risk stratification model in octogenarian patients irradiated for brain metastases

C Nieder, A Dalhaug - Anticancer Research, 2023 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: This study aimed at validation of a prognostic model, originally developed
by Rades et al., in an age-restricted, particularly vulnerable subgroup of patients with brain …

Potential impact of the interval between imaging and whole-brain radiotherapy in patients with relatively favorable survival prognoses

HC Hansen, S Janssen, C Thieme, A Perlov… - Anticancer …, 2019 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: The interval between diagnostic imaging and whole-brain radiotherapy
(WBRT) had no significant impact on survival in our previous study of WBRT for brain …

Confirmatory analysis of QUARTZ study results: Survival prolongation after whole-brain radiotherapy

C Nieder, A Dalhaug, A Pawinski - Anticancer Research, 2020 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the survival of patients with brain
metastases treated with best supportive care or additional whole-brain radiotherapy …

Seizures prior to whole-brain irradiation for metastatic disease: prevalence, risk factors and association with survival

D Rades, J Witteler, L Dziggel, TW Kjaer… - Anticancer …, 2020 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: Seizures are a serious condition for patients with brain metastases.
Prevalence, risk factors and a potential association of seizures with survival prior to whole …