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Clinical and volumetric predictors of local control after robotic stereotactic radiosurgery for cerebral metastases: active systemic disease may affect local control in the brain


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Figure 1

Local progression-free survival according to biologically effective dose (BED)10. Doses above 59 Gy10 (red, dashed line) were associated with significantly longer local progression-free survival (LPFS) (median 7.5 vs. 18.4 months).
Local progression-free survival according to biologically effective dose (BED)10. Doses above 59 Gy10 (red, dashed line) were associated with significantly longer local progression-free survival (LPFS) (median 7.5 vs. 18.4 months).

Figure 2

Local progression-free survival according to number of metastases. Presence of a single metastasis (blue, solid line) was a favorable prognostic factor.
Local progression-free survival according to number of metastases. Presence of a single metastasis (blue, solid line) was a favorable prognostic factor.

Figure 3

Local progression-free survival according to systemic disease status. Extracranial progression (red, dashed line) was an adverse prognostic factor.
Local progression-free survival according to systemic disease status. Extracranial progression (red, dashed line) was an adverse prognostic factor.

Figure 4

Local progression-free survival according to biologically effective dose (BED)10 normalized to tumor volume. Exceeding the threshold value of 36 Gy10/cm3 (red, dashed line) was associated with reduced chances of maintaining local control.
Local progression-free survival according to biologically effective dose (BED)10 normalized to tumor volume. Exceeding the threshold value of 36 Gy10/cm3 (red, dashed line) was associated with reduced chances of maintaining local control.

Basic characteristics of the study population

Median (range)
Age58 (32–84)
KPS80 (70–100)
Number of lesions (1-9)1 (1–9)
Number of patients
          140
          212
          3
          4
          5
          6
          9
Gender (M/F)22/47
WBRT before SRS
          Yes34
          No35
Location of the primary tumour
          Lung23
          Breast20
          Kidney
          Skin (melanoma)
          Colon
          Unknown primary
          Uterine corpus
Other

= One case of each: intestinal sarcoma, thyroid cancer, uterine cervix carcinoma, esophageal, gastric, oral cavity, ovarian, and bladder cancer; F = female; KPS = Karnofsky performance status; M = male; NED = no evidence of disease; SRS = stereotactic radiosurgery; WBRT = whole brain radiotherapy

Disease status
          Stable/NED42
          Progressive27
Primary tumor controlled
          Yes62
          No7
Extracranial metastases
          Present39
          No30

Dosimetric and volumetric characteristics of the group

VariableMedian (range)p
Total dose in SRS18 Gy (524)p = 0.0036

= comparison between groups, Mann-Whitney U test; BED10 = biologically effective dose for alpha/ beta =10; HSRT = hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy; SRS – stereotactic radiosurgery

Total dose in HSRT20 Gy (1230)
Dose per fraction in HSRT7.25 Gy (613 )
BED10 in SRS50.4 (7.581.6)p = 0.0237

= comparison between groups, Mann-Whitney U test; BED10 = biologically effective dose for alpha/ beta =10; HSRT = hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy; SRS – stereotactic radiosurgery

BED10 in HSRT35.7 (19.260)
Lesion volume1.74 cm3 (0.00146.99)
Single metastasis4.68 cm3 (0.0539.2)p = 0.0002

= comparison between groups, Mann-Whitney U test; BED10 = biologically effective dose for alpha/ beta =10; HSRT = hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy; SRS – stereotactic radiosurgery

Multiple metastases0.96 cm3 (0.00146.99)
Total tumor volume4.9 cm3 (0.0563.95)
Single metastasis volume4.68 cm3 (0.0539.2)p = 0.0371

= comparison between groups, Mann-Whitney U test; BED10 = biologically effective dose for alpha/ beta =10; HSRT = hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy; SRS – stereotactic radiosurgery

Multiple metastases volume4.90 cm3 (0.4863.95)

Association of selected variables with local control

p
VariableunivariateMultivariate
Single vs. multiple lesions0.000010.0161
Gender0.2508
Total dose

= above vs. below or equal median;

0.00110.0886
BED10

= above vs. below or equal median;

0.7026
BED10 > 59 Gy0.00260.0105
Fractionation (SRS vs. HSRT)0.1265
Tumor volume0.1777
Total tumor volume0.8950
Chemotherapy before SRS/HSRT0.3785
Chemotherapy after SRS/HSRT0.2174
Chemotherapy before and after SRS/HSRT0.2606
Time between diagnosis of primary and metastases

= above vs. below or equal median;

0.6551
BED10 per 1 ml tumor volume > median (24.3 Gy)0.3709
BED10 per 1 ml tumor volume > 36 Gy0.02810.3032
Total dose/ml tumor volume > median (11 Gy)0.3882
Extracranial metastases0.3130
Control of primary tumor0.8681
Extracranial progression

= progression of primary tumor or any of extracranial metastases; SRS = stereotactic radiosurgery; HSRT = hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy; BED10, BED2 = biologically effective dose for alpha/beta =10 and 2, respectively; WBRT = whole brain radiotherapy; RPA = recursive partitioning analysis

0.00780.0011
RPA class0.8627
WBRT use0.3918
BED2/cm3 > 600.03920.8638
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