Current approaches to the management of brain metastases

JH Suh, R Kotecha, ST Chao, MS Ahluwalia… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Brain metastases are a very common manifestation of cancer that have historically been
approached as a single disease entity given the uniform association with poor clinical …

Applications of radiomics and machine learning for radiotherapy of malignant brain tumors

M Kocher, MI Ruge, N Galldiks, P Lohmann - Strahlentherapie und …, 2020 - Springer
Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and amino acid positron-emission
tomography (PET) of the brain contain a vast amount of structural and functional information …

Technical advances in radiation therapy for brain tumors

C Scaringi, L Agolli, G Minniti - Anticancer research, 2018 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Radiation therapy plays a critical role in the management of brain tumors. Recent advances
in radiation techniques include the use of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) …

Stereotactic radiosurgery vs. fractionated radiotherapy for tumor control in vestibular schwannoma patients: a systematic review

O Persson, J Bartek, NB Shalom, T Wangerid… - Acta …, 2017 - Springer
Objective Repeated controlled studies have revealed that stereotactic radiosurgery is better
than microsurgery for patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS)< 3 cm in need of …

FSRT vs. SRS in brain metastases—differences in local control and radiation necrosis—a volumetric study

F Putz, T Weissmann, D Oft, MA Schmidt… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: While the role of stereotactic radiotherapy for brain metastases is increasing,
evidence on the comparative efficacy and safety of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy …

Long-term outcome after Gamma Knife radiosurgery for acoustic neuroma of all Koos grades: a single-center study

JM Frischer, E Gruber, V Schöffmann, A Ertl… - Journal of …, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The authors present long-term follow-up data on patients treated with Gamma
Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for acoustic neuroma. METHODS Six hundred eighteen patients …

Targeting glioblastoma: Advances in drug delivery and novel therapeutic approaches

E Yeini, P Ofek, N Albeck… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma (GB) is the most lethal type of primary tumor in the central nervous system.
Current treatments include surgical resection followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic avenues for targeting treatment challenges of diffuse midline gliomas

A Noon, S Galban - Neoplasia, 2023 - Elsevier
Diffuse midline glioma (DMG) is the leading cause of brain tumor-related deaths in children.
DMG typically presents with variable neurologic symptoms between ages 3 and 10 …

Stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of patients with brain metastases of non-small cell lung cancer: indications, decision tools and future directions

D Hartgerink, B Van der Heijden… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Brain metastases (BM) frequently occur in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
Most patients with BM have a limited life expectancy, measured in months. Selected patients …

Re-irradiation for paediatric tumours

DS Tsang, NJ Laperriere - Clinical Oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite best available therapy, many children with cancer develop recurrence after
multimodal treatment, including initial radiation therapy. Re-irradiation is defined as the use …