Clinical Results and Hematologic Predictors of Linear Accelerator-Based Stereotactic Radiosurgery or Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Brain Metastasis in Patients Aged 75 Years or Older : A Retrospective Study

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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate prognostic factors including pre-radiosurgical blood count in elderly patients (EPs) with brain metastasis (BM) who were treated using linear accelerator (LINAC)-based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (fSRT) with a micro-multileaf collimator.

METHODS: Between January 2011 and November 2021, 101 consecutive EPs with BM were treated by LINAC-based SRS or fSRT using LINAC with a micro-multileaf collimator. EPs were defined as patients aged ≥75 years.

RESULTS: The tumors originated from the lungs (n = 90; 89.1%), colon (n = 2; 2.0%), and others (n = 9; 8.8%) in these EPs. The median pretreatment Karnofsky Performance Status was 80 (range, 40-100). The median follow-up time was 10 months (range, 0-76), as was the median survival. The 6-month, 1-year, and 2-year survival in the EP group was 58.3%, 43.2%, and 28.5%, respectively. Freedom from local failure at 6 months and 1 and 2 years was 97%, 95%, and 91.5%, respectively. Freedom from distant failure at 6 months and 1 and 2 years in EPs was 70.6%, 59.4%, and 54.2%, respectively. A high neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio >5.33 was an unfavorable predictor of prognosis for EPs with BMs treated with SRS and fSRT (P < 0.001). In the EPs, the prognostic factors associated with prolonged survival in the Cox proportional hazards model were being female and a good pretreatment Karnofsky Performance Status.

CONCLUSIONS: The findings of our study highlight the efficacy of LINAC-based SRS and fSRT with a micro-multileaf collimator in the treatment of EPs with BMs. Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio can be an important factor in treatment decisions for EPs with BMs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:183

Enthalten in:

World neurosurgery - 183(2024) vom: 27. März, Seite e944-e952

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Matsuda, Ryosuke [VerfasserIn]
Hasegawa, Masatoshi [VerfasserIn]
Tamamoto, Tetsuro [VerfasserIn]
Inooka, Nobuyoshi [VerfasserIn]
Morimoto, Takayuki [VerfasserIn]
Maeoka, Ryosuke [VerfasserIn]
Nakazawa, Tsutomu [VerfasserIn]
Ochi, Tomoko [VerfasserIn]
Miyasaka, Toshiteru [VerfasserIn]
Hontsu, Shigeto [VerfasserIn]
Yamaki, Kaori [VerfasserIn]
Miura, Sachiko [VerfasserIn]
Yamada, Shuichi [VerfasserIn]
Nishimura, Fumihiko [VerfasserIn]
Nakagawa, Ichiro [VerfasserIn]
Park, Young-Soo [VerfasserIn]
Nakase, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]

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Brain metastasis
Elderly patients
Journal Article
LINAC with a micro-multileaf collimator
Neutrophil/lymphocyte
Stereotactic radiosurgery
Stereotactic radiotherapy

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Date Completed 13.03.2024

Date Revised 13.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.wneu.2024.01.069

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NLM367351749