Open AccessPredictors of radiation necrosis in long-term survivors after Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases
Author(s) -
Z.A. Siddiqui,
Bryan Squires,
M.D. Johnson,
Andrew M. Baschnagel,
Peter Y. Chen,
Daniel Krauss,
Rick E. Olson,
Kurt Meyer,
I.S. Grills
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neuro-oncology practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2054-2585
pISSN - 2054-2577
DOI - 10.1093/nop/npz067
Subject(s) - radiosurgery , medicine , necrosis , incidence (geometry) , radiation therapy , radiology , surgery , physics , optics
The long-term risk of necrosis after radiosurgery for brain metastases is uncertain. We aimed to investigate incidence and predictors of radiation necrosis for individuals with more than 1 year of survival after radiosurgery for brain metastases.