Radiosurgery to the Postoperative Surgical Cavity: Who Needs Evidence?
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QC (Canada)
- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (United States)
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (United States)
There is a growing interest in adjuvant radiosurgery after resection of hematogenous brain metastases. This is exemplified by the approximately 1000 cases reported in mainly retrospective series. These cases fall into four paradigms: adjuvant radiosurgery as an alternative to whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT), radiosurgery neoadjuvant to the surgical resection, radiosurgery as an intensification of adjuvant WBRT, and adjuvant radiosurgery for patients having failed prior WBRT. These procedures seem well tolerated, with an approximate 5% risk of radiation necrosis. Although crude local control rates for each strategy seem improved over surgery alone, multiple biases make comparisons with standard WBRT difficult without prospective data. Because evidence lags behind clinical practice, an upcoming intergroup trial will aim to clarify the value of the most common tumor bed radiosurgery strategy by randomizing oligometastatic patients between adjuvant WBRT and adjuvant radiosurgery.
- OSTI ID:
- 22056374
- Journal Information:
- International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, Vol. 83, Issue 2; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0360-3016
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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