Management approach for recurrent brain metastases following upfront radiosurgery may affect risk of subsequent radiation necrosis

Purpose: Many patients treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone as initial treatment require 1 or more subsequent salvage therapies. This study aimed to determine if commonly used salvage strategies are associated with differing risks of radiation necrosis (RN). Methods and materials: All...

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Main Authors: Ali Rae, BS, Daniel Gorovets, MD, Paul Rava, MD PhD, Daniel Ebner, BS, Deus Cielo, MD, Timothy J. Kinsella, MD, Thomas A. DiPetrillo, MD, Jaroslaw T. Hepel, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-10-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109416300525