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  5. CyberKnife Radiosurgery of Skull-base Tumors: A UK Center Experience
 
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CyberKnife Radiosurgery of Skull-base Tumors: A UK Center Experience
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Author(s)
Wilson, HP
Price, PM
Ashkan, K
Edwards, A
Green, MM
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The study aim was to evaluate patient individualized Cyberknife(R) treatment for heterogeneous skull-base tumors. Patients treated between 2009 and 2013 at The Harley Street Clinic were studied. In total, 66 patients received 15-30 Gy in 1-5 fractions to a median planning target volume (PTV) of 6.4 cc, including patients with secondary, multiple, residual and recurrent tumors, and those with tumors of uncertain pathological type. Outcome analysis was pragmatically restricted to 35 patients who had single, primary tumors treated with curative intent, and sufficient diagnostic and outcome information. Sixteen vestibular schwannoma patients with median PTV 3.8 cc (range 0.81-19.6) received 18-25 Gy in 3-5 fractions: 81% showed no acute toxicity, 50% reported no late toxicity, 71% of symptoms were stable/improved and local control was 100% at 11.4 months median follow-up. Twelve meningioma patients with median PTV of 5.5 cc (range 0.68-22.3) received 17-30 Gy in 1-5 fractions: 83% experienced no acute toxicity, 33% reported no late toxicity, 88% of symptoms were stable/improved and local control was 100% at 22.1 months median follow-up. Seven patients with other tumor types with median PTV of 24.3 cc (range 7.6-100.5) received 15-28.5 Gy in 1-5 fractions: 57% experienced no acute toxicity, 57% reported no late toxicities, 66% of symptoms were stable and local control was 43% at 14.9 months median follow-up. When tumor types were considered together, smaller tumors (PTV < 6.4 cc) showed reduced acute toxicity (p = 0.01). Overall, smaller benign tumors showed low acute toxicity, excellent local control, and good symptom management: a focus on enhanced neurological preservation may refine outcomes. For other tumor types outcome was encouraging: a focus on optimal dose and fractionation scheduling may reduce toxicity and improve local control. Individual patient experiences are detailed where valuable lessons were gained for optimizing local control and minimizing toxicity.
Date Issued
2018
Date Acceptance
2018-03-23
Citation
Cureus, 2018, 10 (3), pp.e2380-
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/70126
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2380
ISSN
2168-8184
Publisher
Cureus, Inc.
Start Page
e2380
Journal / Book Title
Cureus
Volume
10
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Wilson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29805949
Subjects
cyberknife fractionated radiotherapy intracranial radiosurgery skull base stereotactic treatment outcomes tumors
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
e2380
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