Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31719805›Full record

ArticleReports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology

Radiosurgery for brain metastases from ovarian cancer: an analysis of 25 years' experience with Gamma Knife treatment.

Rosa Maria Leon-Salas Ordoñez, Beatriz E Amendola, Paul F Martinez, Aizik Wolf, Sammie R Coy, Marco Amendola

Open access · diamondAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rosa Maria Leon-Salas OrdoñezInnovative Cancer Institute, 5995 SW 71 Street, South Miami, FL 33143, United States.
Beatriz E AmendolaInnovative Cancer Institute, 5995 SW 71 Street, South Miami, FL 33143, United States.
Paul F MartinezInnovative Cancer Institute, 5995 SW 71 Street, South Miami, FL 33143, United States.
Aizik WolfMiami Neuroscience Center, 6129 SW 70 Street, South Miami, FL 33143, United States.
Sammie R CoyMiami Neuroscience Center, 6129 SW 70 Street, South Miami, FL 33143, United States.
Marco AmendolaInnovative Cancer Institute, 5995 SW 71 Street, South Miami, FL 33143, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe present our results in the treatment of brain metastases (BM) from ovarian cancer using Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (GKRS) over the last 25 years in a single institution.

backgroundGamma Knife Radiosurgery has become increasingly important in the management of brain metastases from ovarian cancer due to improving results from systemic disease and the need for better outcomes. MATERIAL AND

methodsThe medical records of 9 patients with brain metastases from ovarian cancer treated with GKRS between 1993 and 2018 were reviewed. Median age at first treatment was 57 years (range 39-76). Forty-two brain metastases were treated with 16 procedures. Median tumor volume was 1.8cc ranging from 0.2 to 30.3cc (there were five patients with a tumor volume exceeding 10cc). Median prescription dose was 16 Gy.

resultsUsing Kaplan Meier estimates, the median OS after diagnosis was 48.1 months and the median OS after GKRS was 10.6 months (ranging from 2.5 to 81 months). The Kaplan Meier survival rates were 31.3%, and 6.5% at 2 and 5 years after GKRS, respectively. Treatment procedure was well tolerated and no patient presented with acute or chronic toxicity. Two of 9 patients had a tumor requiring retreatment (local control of 95% 40/42). Two out of the 7 patients evaluated for cause of death expired due to progression of brain metastases and the remaining ones died of systemic disease with brain control.

conclusionsGKRS for BM from ovarian cancer is a safe and effective modality. Our findings are in agreement with the recent literature indicating that women with brain metastases from ovarian cancer will benefit with radiosurgery and may achieve long term survival with brain control.

Indexed as

Brain metastasesGamma KnifeOvarian cancerRadiosurgery

Identifiers

PMID31719805
PMCPMC6838510
OpenAlexW2988933638

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.