Repeated in-field radiosurgery for locally recurrent brain metastases: Feasibility, results and survival in a heavily treated patient cohort.

PURPOSE:Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is an established primary treatment for newly diagnosed brain metastases with high local control rates. However, data about local re-irradiation in case of local failure after SRS (re-SRS) are rare. We evaluated the feasibility, efficacy and patient selection...

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Main Authors: Panagiotis Balermpas, Susanne Stera, Jens Müller von der Grün, Britta Loutfi-Krauss, Marie-Thérèse Forster, Marlies Wagner, Christian Keller, Claus Rödel, Volker Seifert, Oliver Blanck, Robert Wolff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5991396?pdf=render