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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS
Volume 56, Issue 3, Pages 793-800Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00014-2
Keywords
brain; metastasis; radiosurgery; radiation; stereotactic
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Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (HSRT) using nortinvasive fixation of the skull on solitary or oligo brain metastatic patients as an alternative to stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) using invasive fixation. Patients and Methods: The subjects were 87 patients who had 4 or fewer brain metastases (50 solitary, 37 oligometastases). Treatment was conducted on 159 metastases by using a linac-based stereotactic system. The median isocentric dose was 35 Gy in 4 fractions. Whole-brain irradiation was not applied as an initial treatment. For the salvage treatment of metachronous brain metastases, repeat HSRT or whole-brain irradiation was applied. Results: The actuarial I-year local tumor control rate was 81%. Treatment-related complications were observed in 4 patients in the early period (<3 months) and in 2 patients in the late period. The median survival period was 8.7 months. Metachronous brain metastases occurred in 30 patients, and none of the 18 patients who were eligible for salvage HSRT refused to receive it again. Conclusions: Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy achieved tumor control and survival equivalent to those of SRS reported in the literature. The results suggested that HSRT could be an alternative for solitary or oligo brain metastatic patients with less toxicity and less invasiveness compared to SRS. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc.
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