Salvage brachytherapy for multiply recurrent metastatic brain tumors: A matched case analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with recurrent brain metastases who have exhausted external radiation options pose a treatment challenge in the setting of advances in systemic disease control which have improved quality of life and survival. Brachytherapy holds promise as salvage therapy given its ability to enforce surgical cytoreduction and minimize regional toxicity. This study investigates the role of salvage brachytherapy in maintaining local control for recurrent metastatic lesions.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed our institution's experience with brachytherapy in patients with multiply recurrent cerebral metastases who have exhausted external radiation treatment options (14 cases). The primary outcome of the study was freedom from local recurrence (FFLR). To capture the nuanc

SUBMITTER: Wu KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9092639 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature