Executive summary from American Radium Society’s appropriate use criteria on neurocognition after stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases
Milano MT, Chiang VLS, Soltys SG, Wang TJC, Lo SS, Brackett A, Nagpal S, Chao S, Garg AK, Jabbari S, Halasz LM, Gephart MH, Knisely JPS, Sahgal A, Chang EL. Executive summary from American Radium Society’s appropriate use criteria on neurocognition after stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases. Neuro-Oncology 2020, 22: 1728-1741. PMID: 32780818, PMCID: PMC7746939, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole brain radiotherapyAsymptomatic brain metastasesGood performance statusBrain metastasesMultiple brain metastasesAppropriate use criteriaStereotactic radiosurgeryPerformance statusTreatment optionsAmerican Radium Society Appropriate Use CriteriaHippocampal Sparing-Whole Brain RadiotherapySystematic reviewConventional whole brain radiotherapySingle-fraction stereotactic radiosurgeryProgressive extracranial diseasePoor performance statusAppropriate treatment optionsQuality of evidenceBrainstem metastasesExtracranial diseaseConsensus guidelinesOptimal treatmentSystemic optionsNeurocognitive outcomesPatients