A new updated prognostic index for patients with brain metastases (BMs) treated with palliative whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) in the era of precision oncology. METASNCore project

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INTRODUCTION: Palliative WBRT is the main treatment for multiple BMs. Recent studies report no benefit in survival after WBRT compared to palliative supportive care in patients (pts) with poor prognosis. A new era of systemic treatment strategies based on targeted therapies are improving the prognosis of patients with BMs. The purpose of this study is to develop a prognostic score in palliative pts with BMs who undergo WBRT in this new setting.

METHODS: 239 pts with BMs who received palliative WBRT between 2013-2022 in our center were analyzed retrospectively. The score was designed according to the value of the β coefficient of each variable with statistical significance in the multivariate model using Cox regression. Once the score was established, a comparison was performed according to Kaplan-Meier and was analyzed by log-rank test.

RESULTS: 149 pts (62.3%) were male and median (m) age was 60 years. 139 (58,2%) were lung cancer and 35 (14,6%) breast cancer. All patients received 30Gys in 10 sessions. m overall survival (OS) was 3,74 months (ms). 37 pts (15,5%) had a specific target mutation. We found that 62 pts were in group < 4 points with mOS 6,89 ms (CI 95% 3,18-10,62), 84 in group 4-7 points with mOS 4,01 ms (CI 95% 3,40-4,62) and 92 pts in group > 7 points with mOS 2,72 ms (CI 95% 1,93-3,52) (p < 0,001).

CONCLUSIONS: METASNCore items are associated with OS and they could be useful to select palliative pts to receive WBRT. More studies are necessary to corroborate our findings.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Journal of neuro-oncology - (2024) vom: 27. März

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Englisch

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Flores-Paco, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Vargas-Aliaga, Alicia [VerfasserIn]
Guevara, María Geraldina [VerfasserIn]
Lopera, Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz, Lucía Rodríguez [VerfasserIn]
López-Herrero, María [VerfasserIn]
Camús, Juan Adrián [VerfasserIn]
López-González, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Inga-Saavedra, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Montero, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Barneto, Isidoro [VerfasserIn]
Gómez-España, Mª Auxiliadora [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz, Estela [VerfasserIn]
Ruza, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Armenta, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Palacios, Amalia [VerfasserIn]
De La Haba-Rodríguez, Juan R [VerfasserIn]
Aranda, Enrique [VerfasserIn]

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Brain metastases
Journal Article
Palliative medicine
Prognostic factors
Supportive care
Whole brain radiotherapy

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Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1007/s11060-024-04618-1

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NLM370285492