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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS
Volume 55, Issue 5, Pages 1177-1181Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04380-8
Keywords
optic nerve; radiation injury; radiosurgery
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Purpose: To evaluate the risk of clinically significant radiation optic neuropathy (RON) for patients having stereotactic radiosurgery of benign tumors adjacent to the optic apparatus. Methods and Materials: We reviewed the dose plans and clinical outcomes of 218 gamma knife procedures (215 patients) for tumors of the sellar and parasellar region (meningiomas, n = 122; pituitary adenomas, n = 89; craniopharyngiomas, n = 7 patients). Previous surgery or radiation therapy was performed in 156 (66 %) and 24 (11%) patients, respectively. Median follow-up was 40 months (range 4-115). Results: The median maximum radiation dose to the optic nerve was 10 Gy (range 0.4-16.0). Four patients (1.9%) developed RON at a median of 48 months after radiosurgery. All had prior surgery, and 3 of 4 had external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in their management either before (n = 2) or adjuvantly (n = 1). The risk of developing a clinically significant RON was 1.1 % for patients receiving 12 Gy or less. Patients receiving prior or concurrent EBRT had a greater risk of developing RON after radiosurgery (P = 0.004). Conclusion: RON occurred in less than 2% of our patients, despite the majority (73%) receiving more,than 8 Gy to a short segment of the optic apparatus. Knowledge of the dose tolerance of these structures permits physicians to be more aggressive in treating patients with sellar or parasellar tumors, especially those with hormone-producing pituitary adenomas that appear to require higher doses to achieve biochemical remission. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Inc.
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