SURG-32. EFFICACY OF LASER INTERSTITIAL THERMAL THERAPY (LITT) FOR BIOPSY-PROVEN RADIATION NECROSIS IN RADIOGRAPHICALLY RECURRENT BRAIN METASTASES
Strowd R, Chan M, Tatter S, Chiang V, Fecci P, Prabhu S, Hadjipanayis C, Kirkpatrick J, Sun D, Sinicrope K, Mohammadi A, Sevak P, Abram S, Kim A, Leuthardt E, Chao S, Phillips J, Lacroix M, Williams B, Placantonakis D, Silverman J, Baumgartner J, Piccioni D, Laxton A. SURG-32. EFFICACY OF LASER INTERSTITIAL THERMAL THERAPY (LITT) FOR BIOPSY-PROVEN RADIATION NECROSIS IN RADIOGRAPHICALLY RECURRENT BRAIN METASTASES. Neuro-Oncology 2023, 25: v269-v269. PMCID: PMC10640195, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noad179.1031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaser interstitial thermal therapyKarnofsky performance statusRadiation necrosisInterstitial thermal therapyBrain metastasesRadiographic progressionKaplan-MeierStereotactic radiosurgeryLocal controlMedian Karnofsky performance statusFuture radiographic progressionRadiotherapeutic treatment optionsResults Ninety patientsBrain metastasis patientsMulti-center registryRecurrent brain metastasesMedian hospitalization timeLesional progressionMultivariable FineNinety patientsSymptom controlCumulative incidenceMetastasis patientsPerformance statusSystemic therapy