Introduction: Neoadjuvant stereotactic radiosurgery (NaSRS) of brain metastases has gained importance, but it is not routinely performed. While awaiting the results of prospective studies, we aimed to analyze the changes in the volume of brain metastases irradiated pre- and postoperatively and the resulting dosimetric effects on normal brain tissue (NBT).Methods: We identified patients treated with SRS at our institution to compare hypothetical preoperative gross tumor and planning target volumes (pre-GTV and pre-PTV) with original postoperative resection cavity volumes (post-GTV and post-PTV) as well as with a standardized-hypothetical PTV with 2.0 mm margin. We used Pearson correlation to assess the association between the GTV and PTV changes with the pre-GTV. A multiple linear regression analysis was established to predict the GTV change. Hypothetical planning for the selected cases was created to assess the volume effect on the NBT exposure. We performed a literature review on NaSRS and searched for ongoing prospective trials.Results: We included 30 patients in the analysis. The pre-/post-GTV and pre-/post-PTV did not differ significantly. We observed a negative correlation between pre-GTV and GTV-change, which was also a predictor of volume change in the regression analysis, in terms of a larger volume change for a smaller pre-GTV. In total, 62.5% of cases with an enlargement greater than 5.0 cm(3) were smaller tumors (pre-GTV < 15.0 cm(3)), whereas larger tumors greater than 25.0 cm(3) showed only a decrease in post-GTV. Hypothetical planning for the selected cases to evaluate the volume effect resulted in a median NBT exposure of only 67.6% (range: 33.2-84.5%) relative to the dose received by the NBT in the postoperative SRS setting. Nine published studies and twenty ongoing studies are listed as an overview.Conclusion: Patients with smaller brain metastases may have a higher risk of volume increase when irradiated postoperatively. Target volume delineation is of great importance because the PTV directly affects the exposure of NBT, but it is a challenge when contouring resection cavities. Further studies should identify patients at risk of relevant volume increase to be preferably treated with NaSRS in routine practice. Ongoing clinical trials will evaluate additional benefits of NaSRS.

Acker, G., Nachbar, M., Soffried, N., Bodnar, B., Janas, A., Krantchev, K., et al. (2023). What if: A retrospective reconstruction of resection cavity stereotactic radiosurgery to mimic neoadjuvant stereotactic radiosurgery. FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY, 13, 1-16 [10.3389/fonc.2023.1056330].

What if: A retrospective reconstruction of resection cavity stereotactic radiosurgery to mimic neoadjuvant stereotactic radiosurgery

Conti, Alfredo;
2023

Abstract

Introduction: Neoadjuvant stereotactic radiosurgery (NaSRS) of brain metastases has gained importance, but it is not routinely performed. While awaiting the results of prospective studies, we aimed to analyze the changes in the volume of brain metastases irradiated pre- and postoperatively and the resulting dosimetric effects on normal brain tissue (NBT).Methods: We identified patients treated with SRS at our institution to compare hypothetical preoperative gross tumor and planning target volumes (pre-GTV and pre-PTV) with original postoperative resection cavity volumes (post-GTV and post-PTV) as well as with a standardized-hypothetical PTV with 2.0 mm margin. We used Pearson correlation to assess the association between the GTV and PTV changes with the pre-GTV. A multiple linear regression analysis was established to predict the GTV change. Hypothetical planning for the selected cases was created to assess the volume effect on the NBT exposure. We performed a literature review on NaSRS and searched for ongoing prospective trials.Results: We included 30 patients in the analysis. The pre-/post-GTV and pre-/post-PTV did not differ significantly. We observed a negative correlation between pre-GTV and GTV-change, which was also a predictor of volume change in the regression analysis, in terms of a larger volume change for a smaller pre-GTV. In total, 62.5% of cases with an enlargement greater than 5.0 cm(3) were smaller tumors (pre-GTV < 15.0 cm(3)), whereas larger tumors greater than 25.0 cm(3) showed only a decrease in post-GTV. Hypothetical planning for the selected cases to evaluate the volume effect resulted in a median NBT exposure of only 67.6% (range: 33.2-84.5%) relative to the dose received by the NBT in the postoperative SRS setting. Nine published studies and twenty ongoing studies are listed as an overview.Conclusion: Patients with smaller brain metastases may have a higher risk of volume increase when irradiated postoperatively. Target volume delineation is of great importance because the PTV directly affects the exposure of NBT, but it is a challenge when contouring resection cavities. Further studies should identify patients at risk of relevant volume increase to be preferably treated with NaSRS in routine practice. Ongoing clinical trials will evaluate additional benefits of NaSRS.
2023
Acker, G., Nachbar, M., Soffried, N., Bodnar, B., Janas, A., Krantchev, K., et al. (2023). What if: A retrospective reconstruction of resection cavity stereotactic radiosurgery to mimic neoadjuvant stereotactic radiosurgery. FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY, 13, 1-16 [10.3389/fonc.2023.1056330].
Acker, Gueliz; Nachbar, Marcel; Soffried, Nina; Bodnar, Bohdan; Janas, Anastasia; Krantchev, Kiril; Kalinauskaite, Goda; Kluge, Anne; Shultz, David; C...espandi
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