Health-related quality of life in adult patients with brain metastases after stereotactic radiosurgery: a systematic, narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

A growing number of patients with brain metastases (BM) are being treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), and the importance of evaluating the impact of SRS on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in these patients has been increasingly acknowledged. This systematic review summarizes the current knowledge about the HRQoL of patients with BM after SRS.

Methods

We searched EMBASE, Medline Ovid, Web-of-Science, the Cochrane Database, PsycINFO Ovid, and Google Scholar up to November 15, 2018. Studies in patients with BM in which HRQoL was assessed before and after SRS and analyzed over time were included. Studies including populations of several types of brain cancer and/or several types of treatments were included if the results for patients with BM and trea

SUBMITTER: Verhaak E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6954134 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature