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ArticleAdvances in radiation oncology

Stereotactic Radiosurgery Results for Patients With Brain Metastases From Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 802 Patients With GI-GPA Validity Test.

Masaaki Yamamoto, Toru Serizawa, Yasunori Sato, Yoshinori Higuchi, Takuya Kawabe, Hidetoshi Kasuya, Bierta E Barfod

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Article in Advances in radiation oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Masaaki YamamotoKatsuta Hospital Mito GammaHouse, Hitachi-naka, Japan.
Toru SerizawaTokyo Gamma Unit Center, Tsukiji Neurological Clinic, 1-9-9 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasunori SatoDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshinori HiguchiDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
Takuya KawabeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Rakusai Shimizu Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
Hidetoshi KasuyaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East, Tokyo, Japan.
Bierta E BarfodKatsuta Hospital Mito GammaHouse, Hitachi-naka, Japan.
Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center · JPChiba University · JPHitachi (Japan) · JPKeio University · JPShizuoka City Shimizu Hospital · JPSuzuki (Japan) · JP

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Abstract

purposeThe role of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone for patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer has yet to be established based on a large patient series. We analyzed post-SRS treatment results and reappraised whether either the GI graded prognostic assessment (GPA) system or modified-recursive partitioning assessment (M-RPA) system was applicable to our 802 SRS-treated patients with GI cancer with brain metastases. METHODS AND MATERIALS: This was an institutional review board approved retrospective cohort study 2 database comprising 802 patients with GI cancer treated with gamma-knife SRS by 2 experienced neurosurgeons during the 1998 to 2018 period. The Kaplan-Meier method was applied to determine post-SRS survival times, and competing risk analyses were used to estimate cumulative incidences of the secondary endpoints.

resultsThe median survival time (MST; months) after SRS was 5.7. With the GI GPA system, MSTs were 3.5/6.1/7.7/11.0 in the 4 subgroups, that is, 0 to 1.0/1.5 to 2.0/2.5 to 3.0/3.5 to 4.0, respectively (stratified

conclusionsThis study clearly demonstrated the usefulness of the GI GPA. Patients with GI GPA 1.5 to 2.0 or better or M-RPA 2b or better are considered to be favorable candidates for treatment with SRS alone.

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