Stereotactic radiosurgery and local control of brain metastases from triple-negative breast cancer.
Kowalchuk R, Niranjan A, Hess J, Antonios J, Zhang M, Braunstein S, Ross R, Pikis S, Deibert C, Lee C, Yang H, Langlois A, Mathieu D, Peker S, Samanci Y, Rusthoven C, Chiang V, Wei Z, Lunsford L, Trifiletti D, Sheehan J. Stereotactic radiosurgery and local control of brain metastases from triple-negative breast cancer. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2022, 138: 1608-1614. PMID: 36433878, DOI: 10.3171/2022.10.jns221900.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerLocal tumor progressionStereotactic radiosurgeryBreast cancerOverall survivalMetastatic lesionsPerformance statusLocal controlTriple-negative breast cancer metastasisMedian Karnofsky performance statusTumor progressionWhole-brain radiation therapyFavorable performance statusMedian margin dosePrior stereotactic radiosurgerySymptomatic radiation necrosisKarnofsky performance statusIntracranial metastatic diseaseRetrospective chart reviewLocal tumor controlBreast cancer metastasisIntracranial metastatic lesionsMargin doseMultiinstitutional cohortBrain metastases