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Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Tumors

A special issue of Current Oncology (ISSN 1718-7729). This special issue belongs to the section "Neuro-Oncology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2025) | Viewed by 2419

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Dante Amelio

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Proton Therapy Center, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS), 38123 Trento, Italy
Interests: CNS tumors; skull base tumors; lung tumors; proton therapy; radiosurgery
Dr. Piera Navarria

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Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Department, Humanitas Cancer Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, 20089 Milan, Italy
Interests: brain metastases; radiation therapy; radiosurgery; glioblastoma
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Dr. Giuseppe Minniti

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1. Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Anatomical Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
2. IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
Interests: neuro-oncology; radiotherapy in CNS cancers; radiosurgery
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is the use of a high dose of radiation, stereotactically directed to an intracranial region of interest. This allows for the non-surgical treatment of intracranial pathologies, which significantly decreases the risk of morbidity.

There are currently a number of different delivery methods for SRS, including linear accelerators, Gamma or Cyber Knife units, and charged particle methods.

Radiosurgery is currently used in the treatment of brain metastases, meningiomas, vestibular schwannomas, sellar and suprasellar lesions, and arteriovenous malformations. Moreover, SRS is widely used to treat functional conditions, such as trigeminal neuralgia and intractable tremor.

Researchers and clinicians employing SRS in daily practice are invited to submit manuscripts regarding technical as well as clinical issues.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Dante Amelio
Dr. Piera Navarria
Dr. Giuseppe Minniti
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • stereotactic radiosurgery
  • gamma knife
  • cyber knife
  • particle therapy
  • brain tumors
  • skull base tumors

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Impact of Multileaf Collimator Width and Normal Tissue Objective on Radiation Dose Distribution in Stereotactic Radiosurgery Using HyperArc for Single Brain Lesions
by Se An Oh, Jae Won Park, Ji Woon Yea, Jaehyeon Park and Yoon Young Jo
Curr. Oncol. 2025, 32(5), 272; https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol32050272 - 7 May 2025
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This study retrospectively investigated the impact of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) normal tissue objective (NTO) and multileaf collimator (MLC) width on radiation dose distribution in patients with brain metastasis treated using HyperArc. In total, 21 patients who underwent SRS using the HyperArc of the [...] Read more.
This study retrospectively investigated the impact of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) normal tissue objective (NTO) and multileaf collimator (MLC) width on radiation dose distribution in patients with brain metastasis treated using HyperArc. In total, 21 patients who underwent SRS using the HyperArc of the TrueBeam linear accelerator from November 2022 to June 2024 were included. All patients received radiotherapy with HASH planned with SRS NTO and HD MLC. HyperArc(HAAH) combined with the auto NTO and HD MLC and HyperArc(HAAM) with auto NTO and millennium MLC were generated and compared. Monitor units (MU), conformity index (CI), radical dose homogeneity index (rDHI), moderate DHI (mDHI), and gradient index (GI) were evaluated as target factors, and V2(Gy), V10(Gy), V12(Gy), V18(Gy), V10(cc), and V12(cc) were evaluated as normal brain factors. Dosimetric comparisons were performed between HASH, HAAH, and HAAM and between target and normal brain tissues. Between HASH and HAAH, average MU was 7206 and 5798, respectively; the difference was significant (p < 0.001). The MU of HAAM was 5835. Among HASH, HAAH, and HAAM, CI and mDHI were not significantly different, but there were significant differences in rDHI, GI, and normal brain tissues. When treating a single lesion using HyperArc, SRS NTO influences MU and GI, and the MLC width influences rDHI and GI. In HyperArc for single metastatic brain lesions, SRS NTO and MLC width have a significant effect on the radiation dose delivered to the target and normal brain tissues. Full article
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Survival after Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Era of Targeted Therapy: Number of Metastases No Longer Matters
by James de Boisanger, Martin Brewer, Matthew W. Fittall, Amina Tran, Karen Thomas, Sabine Dreibe, Antonia Creak, Francesca Solda, Jessica Konadu, Helen Taylor, Frank Saran, Liam Welsh and Nicola Rosenfelder
Curr. Oncol. 2024, 31(6), 2994-3005; https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31060228 - 28 May 2024
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Randomised control trial data support the use of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in up to 4 brain metastases (BMs), with non-randomised prospective data complementing this for up to 10 BMs. There is debate in the neuro-oncology community as to the appropriateness of SRS in [...] Read more.
Randomised control trial data support the use of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in up to 4 brain metastases (BMs), with non-randomised prospective data complementing this for up to 10 BMs. There is debate in the neuro-oncology community as to the appropriateness of SRS in patients with >10 BMs. We present data from a large single-centre cohort, reporting survival in those with >10 BMs and in a >20 BMs subgroup. A total of 1181 patients receiving SRS for BMs were included. Data were collected prospectively from the time of SRS referral. Kaplan–Meier graphs and logrank tests were used to compare survival between groups. Multivariate analysis was performed using the Cox proportional hazards model to account for differences in group characteristics. Median survival with 1 BM (n = 379), 2–4 BMs (n = 438), 5–10 BMs (n = 236), and >10 BMs (n = 128) was 12.49, 10.22, 10.68, and 10.09 months, respectively. Using 2–4 BMs as the reference group, survival was not significantly different in those with >10 BMs in either our univariable (p = 0.6882) or multivariable analysis (p = 0.0564). In our subgroup analyses, median survival for those with >20 BMs was comparable to those with 2–4 BMs (10.09 vs. 10.22 months, p = 0.3558). This study contributes a large dataset to the existing literature on SRS for those with multi-metastases and supports growing evidence that those with >10 BMs should be considered for SRS. Full article
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