Stylianos Pikis, Georgios Mantziaris, Maria Protopapa, Salem M Tos, Roman O Kowalchuk, Richard Blake Ross, Chad G Rusthoven, Manjul Tripathi, Anne-Marie Langlois, David Mathieu, Cheng-Chia Lee, Huai-Che Yang, Selcuk Peker, Yavuz Samanci, Michael Yu Zhang, Steve E Braunstein, Zhishuo Wei, Ajay Niranjan, Dade L Lunsford, Jason Sheehan
{"title":"Stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases from human epidermal receptor 2 positive breast Cancer: an international, multi-center study.","authors":"Stylianos Pikis, Georgios Mantziaris, Maria Protopapa, Salem M Tos, Roman O Kowalchuk, Richard Blake Ross, Chad G Rusthoven, Manjul Tripathi, Anne-Marie Langlois, David Mathieu, Cheng-Chia Lee, Huai-Che Yang, Selcuk Peker, Yavuz Samanci, Michael Yu Zhang, Steve E Braunstein, Zhishuo Wei, Ajay Niranjan, Dade L Lunsford, Jason Sheehan","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04775-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04775-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To report patient outcomes and local tumor control rates in a cohort of patients with biopsy-proven HER-2 positive breast cancer treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases (BM).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This international, retrospective, multicenter study, included 195 female patients with 1706 SRS-treated BM. Radiologic and clinical outcomes after SRS were determined and prognostic factors identified.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At SRS, median patient age was 55 years [interquartile range (IQR) 47.6-62.0], and 156 (80%) patients had KPS ≥ 80. The median tumor volume was 0.1 cm<sup>3</sup> (IQR 0.1-0.5) and the median prescription dose was 16 Gy (IQR 16-18). Local tumor control (LTC) rate was 98%, 94%, 93%, 90%, and 88% at six-, 12-, 24-, 36- and 60-months post-SRS, respectively. On multivariate analysis, tumor volume (p = < 0.001) and concurrent pertuzumab (p = 0.02) improved LTC. Overall survival (OS) rates at six-, 12-, 24-, 36-, 48-, and 60-months were 90%, 69%, 46%, 27%, 22%, and 18%, respectively. Concurrent pertuzumab improved OS (p = 0.032). In this patient subgroup, GPA scores ≥ 2.5 (p = 0.038 and p = 0.003) and rare primary tumor histologies (p = 0.01) were associated with increased and decreased OS, respectively. Asymptomatic adverse radiation events (ARE) occurred in 27 (14.0%) and symptomatic ARE in five (2.6%) patients. Invasive lobular carcinoma primary (p = 0.042) and concurrent pertuzumab (p < 0.001) conferred an increased risk for overall but not for symptomatic ARE.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>SRS affords effective LTC for selected patients with BM from HER-2 positive breast cancer. Concurrent pertuzumab improved LTC and OS but at the same time increased the risk for overall, but not symptomatic, ARE.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"199-208"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11446965/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142080623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hui Xu, Yu Cao, Jianqiao Ruan, Fei Wang, Yuhong He, Lina Yang, Tian Yu, Fang Du, Ningmei Zhang, Xiangmei Cao
{"title":"The effects of BMP2 and the mechanisms involved in the invasion and angiogenesis of IDH1 mutant glioma cells.","authors":"Hui Xu, Yu Cao, Jianqiao Ruan, Fei Wang, Yuhong He, Lina Yang, Tian Yu, Fang Du, Ningmei Zhang, Xiangmei Cao","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04789-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04789-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study investigated the effect of an isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutation (mutIDH1) on the invasion and angiogenesis of human glioma cells.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Doxycycline was used to induce the expression of mutIDH1 in glioma cells. Transwell and wound healing assays were conducted to assess glioma cell migration and invasion. Western blotting and cell immunofluorescence were used to measure the expression levels of various proteins. The influence of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) on invasion, angiogenesis-related factors, BMP2-related receptor expression, and changes in Smad signaling pathway-related proteins were evaluated after treatment with BMP2. Differential gene expression and reference transcription analysis were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Successful infection with recombinant lentivirus expressing mutIDH1 was demonstrated. The IDH1 mutation promoted glioma cell migration and invasion while positively regulating the expression of vascularization-related factors and BMP2-related receptors. BMP2 exhibited a positive regulatory effect on the migration, invasion, and angiogenesis of mutIDH1-glioma cells, possibly mediated by BMP2-induced alterations in Smad signaling pathway-related factors.After BMP2 treatment, the differential genes of MutIDH1-glioma cells are closely related to the regulation of cell migration and cell adhesion, especially the regulation of Smad-related proteins. KEGG analysis confirmed that it was related to BMP signaling pathway and TGF-β signaling pathway and cell adhesion. Enrichment analysis of gene ontology and genome encyclopedia further confirmed the correlation of these pathways.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Mutation of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 promotes the migration, invasion, and angiogenesis of glioma cells, through its effects on the BMP2-driven Smad signaling pathway. In addition, BMP2 altered the transcriptional patterns of mutIDH1 glioma cells, enriching different gene loci in pathways associated with invasion, migration, and angiogenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"161-171"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447149/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141906860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carsten Nieder, Siv Gyda Aanes, Luka Stanisavljevic, Bård Mannsåker, Ellinor Christin Haukland
{"title":"Return to work in younger patients with brain metastases who survived for 2 years or more.","authors":"Carsten Nieder, Siv Gyda Aanes, Luka Stanisavljevic, Bård Mannsåker, Ellinor Christin Haukland","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04840-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-024-04840-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The study's purpose was to analyze return to work and other long-term outcomes in younger patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases, treated before they reached legal retirement age, i.e. younger than 65 years.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We included patients who survived greater than 2 years after their first treatment, regardless of approach (systemic therapy, neurosurgical resection, whole-brain or stereotactic radiotherapy). The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients who worked 2 years after their initial treatment for brain metastases. Outcomes beyond the 2-year cut-off were also abstracted from comprehensive electronic health records, throughout the follow-up period.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 455 patients who received active therapy for brain metastases, 62 (14%) survived for > 2 years. Twenty-eight were younger than 65 years. The actuarial median survival was 81 months and the 5-year survival rate 53%. For patients alive after 5 years, the 10-year survival rate was 54%. At diagnosis, 25% of patients (7 of 28) were permanently incapacitated for work/retired. Of the remaining 21 patients, 33% did work 2 years later. However, several of these patients went on to receive disability pension afterwards. Eventually, 19% continued working in the longer run. Younger age, absence of extracranial metastases, presence of a single brain metastasis, and Karnofsky performance status 90-100 were common features of patients who worked after 2 years.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Long-term survival was achieved after vastly different therapeutic approaches, regarding both upfront and sequential management. Many patients required three or more lines of brain-directed treatment. Few patients continued working in the longer run.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142348467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher C Young, Peter Kan, Stephen R Chen, Frederick F Lang
{"title":"Endovascular surgical neuro-oncology: advancing a new subspecialty.","authors":"Christopher C Young, Peter Kan, Stephen R Chen, Frederick F Lang","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04782-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04782-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Endovascular surgical neuro-oncology is a relatively new subspecialty which uses endovascular neuro-interventional techniques for the management of nervous system tumors and tumor-related vascular conditions. Although there are several endovascular procedures that are widely available as standard-of-care diagnostic and treatment adjuncts, there has been a renewed interest to explore endovascular approaches as a means for selective intra-arterial delivery of therapeutic agents to nervous system tumors, including methods for opening the blood brain and blood tumor barriers. In this review, we discuss the historical development of various forms of endovascular intra-arterial treatment for tumors over the past 40 years, summarize endovascular approaches that are currently being employed, and highlight current clinical trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"31-40"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142108295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mariya Yavorska, Miriam Tomaciello, Antonio Sciurti, Elisa Cinelli, Giovanni Rubino, Armando Perrella, Alfonso Cerase, Pierpaolo Pastina, Giovanni Luca Gravina, Silvia Arcieri, Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Giuseppe Migliara, Valentina Baccolini, Francesco Marampon, Giuseppe Minniti, Anna Maria Di Giacomo, Paolo Tini
{"title":"Correction to: Predictive value of perilesional edema volume in melanoma brain metastasis response to stereotactic radiosurgery.","authors":"Mariya Yavorska, Miriam Tomaciello, Antonio Sciurti, Elisa Cinelli, Giovanni Rubino, Armando Perrella, Alfonso Cerase, Pierpaolo Pastina, Giovanni Luca Gravina, Silvia Arcieri, Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Giuseppe Migliara, Valentina Baccolini, Francesco Marampon, Giuseppe Minniti, Anna Maria Di Giacomo, Paolo Tini","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04832-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-024-04832-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142348464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aladine A Elsamadicy, Paul Serrato, Sina Sadeghzadeh, Sumaiya Sayeed, Astrid C Hengartner, Syed I Khalid, Sheng-Fu Larry Lo, John H Shin, Ehud Mendel, Daniel M Sciubba
{"title":"Assessing a revised-risk analysis index for morbidity and mortality after spine surgery for metastatic spinal tumors.","authors":"Aladine A Elsamadicy, Paul Serrato, Sina Sadeghzadeh, Sumaiya Sayeed, Astrid C Hengartner, Syed I Khalid, Sheng-Fu Larry Lo, John H Shin, Ehud Mendel, Daniel M Sciubba","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04830-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-024-04830-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Risk Analysis Index (RAI) has been increasingly used to assess surgical frailty in various procedures, but its effectiveness in predicting mortality or in-patient hospital outcomes for spine surgery in metastatic disease remains unclear. The aim of this study was to compare the predictive values of the revised RAI (RAI-rev), the modified frailty index-5 (mFI-5), and advanced age for extended length of stay, 30-day readmission, complications, and mortality among patients undergoing spine surgery for metastatic spinal tumors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective cohort study was performed using the 2012-2022 ACS NSQIP database to identify adult patients who underwent spinal surgery for metastatic spinal pathologies. Using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and multivariable analyses, we compared the discriminative thresholds and independent associations of RAI-rev, mFI-5, and greater patient age with extended length of stay (LOS), 30-day complications, hospital readmission, and mortality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1,796 patients were identified, of which 1,116 (62.1%) were male and 1,008 (70.7%) were non-Hispanic White. RAI-rev identified 1,291 (71.9%) frail and 208 (11.6%) very frail patients, while mFI-5 identified 272 (15.1%) frail and 49 (2.7%) very frail patients. In the ROC analysis for extended LOS, both RAI-rev and mFI-5 showed modest predictive capabilities with area under the curve (AUC) values of 0.5477 and 0.5329, respectively, and no significant difference in their predictive abilities (p = 0.446). When compared to age, RAI-rev demonstrated superior prediction (p = 0.015). With respect to predicting 30-day readmission, no significant difference was observed between RAI-rev and mFI-5 (AUC 0.5394 l respectively, p = 0.354). However, RAI-rev outperformed age (p = 0.001). When assessing the risk of 30-day complications, RAI-rev significantly outperformed mFI-5 (AUC: 0.6016 and 0.5542 respectively, p = 0.022) but not age. Notably, RAI-rev demonstrated superior ability for predicting 30-day mortality compared to mFI-5 and age (AUC: 0.6541, 0.5652, and 0.5515 respectively, p < 0.001). Multivariate analysis revealed RAI-rev as a significant predictor of extended LOS [aOR: 1.96, 95% CI: 1.13-3.38, p = 0.016] and 30-day mortality [aOR: 5.27, 95% CI: 1.73-16.06, p = 0.003] for very frail patients. Similarly, the RAI-rev significantly predicted 30-day complications for frail [aOR: 2.63, 95% CI: 1.21-5.72, p = 0.015] and very frail [aOR: 3.69, 95% CI: 1.60-8.51, p = 0.002] patients. However, the RAI did not significantly predict 30-day readmission [Very Frail aOR: 1.52, 95% CI: 0.75-3.07, p = 0.245; Frail aOR: 1.46, 95% CI: 0.79-2.68, p = 0.225].</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study demonstrates the utility of RAI-rev in predicting morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing spine surgery for metastatic spinal pathologies. Particularly, the superiority that RAI-rev has in p","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142348462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria A Punchak, Jose Alfonso Alvarez-Castro, Jonathan Ramos Escalante, Keren Magaly Aguilar Hidalgo, Mauricio Macias Zamarripa, Xymena Dominguez Navarrete, Fernando Castro Soto, Mackenzie Castellanos, Sergio Moreno-Jiménez, Michael T Lawton, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Sonia Iliana Mejía Pérez
{"title":"Association between sociodemographic variables and delayed patient presentation among surgical neuro-oncology patients in Mexico City: a single institution experience.","authors":"Maria A Punchak, Jose Alfonso Alvarez-Castro, Jonathan Ramos Escalante, Keren Magaly Aguilar Hidalgo, Mauricio Macias Zamarripa, Xymena Dominguez Navarrete, Fernando Castro Soto, Mackenzie Castellanos, Sergio Moreno-Jiménez, Michael T Lawton, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Sonia Iliana Mejía Pérez","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04827-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-024-04827-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Mexico has the second highest incidence of central and peripheral nervous system cancer cases in Latin America, but clinical and research resources to improve oncologic care are biased towards high-income countries. We carried out a retrospective study to identify sociodemographic factors associated with more severe clinical presentation among surgical neuro-oncology who underwent surgery at a major public referral hospital in Mexico City.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The hospital electronic medical record was reviewed to identify all surgical neuro-oncology patients who underwent surgery between January 1 and December 31, 2022. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the patient population and outcomes; statistical analysis was performed to determine association between sociodemographic variables and advanced clinical presentation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 366 neuro-oncology patients underwent surgery during the study period. The median patient age was 48 (IQR 17-83). The majority of patients were female (60.1, n = 220), single (51.4%, n = 188), and 29.2% (n = 107) endorsed being the primary provider for their family. The median number of dependents per patient was 4 (IQR 2-50), while the median monthly income was 10269 Mexican pesos (MXN) (IQR 2000-13500] and the median travel distance to INNN was 49 km (IQR 22-174). On multivariate analyses, having a higher number of dependents was associated with increased odds of presenting with longer symptom duration (p = 0.01). Divorced/separated status was associated with increased odds of presenting with tumors > 35mL in volume (p = 0.04). Primary provider (p = 0.01) and higher average monthly income (p = 0.03) was associated with decreased odds of presenting with tumors > 35mL.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This is the first study to recognize that certain sociodemographic factors are associated with more severe clinical presentation among surgical neuro-oncology patients. Further studies are needed in order to decern specific causes for delayed presentation in this patient population in order to create targeted interventions and decrease delays in care.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142307917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yosef Laviv, Ohad Regev, Andrew A Kanner, Susana Fichman, Dror Limon, Tali Siegal, Shlomit Yust-Katz, Alexandra Benouaich-Amiel
{"title":"Stem the blood flow: beneficial impact of bevacizumab on survival of subventricular zone glioblastoma patients.","authors":"Yosef Laviv, Ohad Regev, Andrew A Kanner, Susana Fichman, Dror Limon, Tali Siegal, Shlomit Yust-Katz, Alexandra Benouaich-Amiel","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04828-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-024-04828-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Angiogenesis is a crucial step in tumorigenesis of glioblastoma (GBM). Bevacizumab, an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drug, is approved for second-line therapy for GBM. Glioma stem cells, presumably the cell of origin of GBM, take an active role in angiogenesis. The subventricular zone (SVZ) is the brain's largest reservoir of neural stem cells, and GBM near this region (SVZ GBM) is associated with a poor prognosis. This study aims to evaluate the potential impact of second-line bevacizumab treatment on survival in patients with SVZ GBM.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The electronic medical records of adult patients with newly diagnosed SVZ GDM under treated between 1/2011 and 12/2021 were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical, surgical, radiological, and outcome parameters were compared between patients treated with bevacizumab after first relapse to patients without such treatment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The cohort included 67 patients. 45 (67.1%) were treated with bevacizumab after the first relapse while 22 (32.9%) were not. The only statistically significant difference between groups was the rate of re-surgery, which was higher in the non-bevacizumab group (40.9% vs. 15.6%; p = 0.023), indicating that the groups were quite homogenous. In general, bevacizumab as a second-line treatment did not affect OS in SVZ GBM cases. However, it significantly prolongs survival time from 1st relapse by an average of more than 4 months, including after adjustment to re-surgery variable (HR = 0.57, 95% CI 0.34-0.94, p = 0.028 and HR = 0.57, 95%CI = 0.34-0.97, PV = 0.038; respectively). Furthermore, when adjusting to time from diagnosis to 1st relapse, bevacizumab treatment was also associated with prolonged OS (HR = 0.58; p = 0.043). In a subgroup analysis, comparing patients treated with both re-surgery and bevacizumab to patients treated in any other way, patients with the combined treatment had the longest mean OS of the entire cohort (22.16 ± 7.81 m vs. 13.60 ± 6.86, p = 0.049; HR = 0.361 95%CI 0.108-1.209, p = 0.085).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The use of bevacizumab as a second-line therapy in SVZ GBM cases may positively affect survival after relapse, even when given as a monotherapy. Additionally, in certain yet-to-be-identified sub-populations, bevacizumab may even extend overall survival. Further research is required to accurately identify SVZ GBM patients who would benefit most from anti-angiogenic therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142307930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel Adida, Suchet Taori, Jack K Donohue, Akshath Rajan, Roberta K Sefcik, Steven A Burton, John C Flickinger, Peter C Gerszten
{"title":"Stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with spinal metastases from prostate cancer.","authors":"Samuel Adida, Suchet Taori, Jack K Donohue, Akshath Rajan, Roberta K Sefcik, Steven A Burton, John C Flickinger, Peter C Gerszten","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04821-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-024-04821-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Spinal metastases may result in intractable pain, neurological deficit, and vertebral body collapse. There are only a few studies describing outcomes following spine stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) specifically for prostate cancer metastases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospectively collected database of patients with prostate cancer spinal metastases treated at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from 2003 to 2023 was analyzed. The primary outcome was local control (LC). Secondary outcomes were overall survival (OS), pain resolution, and adverse radiation effects (AREs).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-seven patients and 51 lesions were identified. Fifteen lesions (29%) were previously resected and 34 lesions (67%) were previously irradiated. The median tumor volume was 37.0 cc (range: 2.9-263.3). A majority of lesions (71%) were treated in a single fraction (median 20 Gy, range: 14-22.5); multi-fractionated treatment consisted of 21-30 Gy in 2-5 fractions. Median follow-up was 12 months (range: 1-146). The 6-month, 1-year, and 2-year LC rates were 97%, 91%, and 91%, respectively. No tested prognostic factors were associated with LC, including hormone sensitivity. The 6-month, 1-year, and 2-year OS rates were 71%, 56%, and 32%; age > 70 years (p = 0.048) and tumor volume > 30 cc (p = 0.03) were associated with inferior rates of OS. Complete or partial pain response was observed in 58% of patients. There were 8 instances (16%) of AREs, 2 of which were vertebral compression fractures (4%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Radiosurgery as a primary or adjuvant treatment modality for prostate cancer spinal metastases confers durable LC and moderate pain relief with minimal toxicity. Further studies are warranted to optimize management in this patient population.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142307931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sophie Katzendobler, Sebastian Niedermeyer, Jens Blobner, Christoph Trumm, Patrick N Harter, Louisa von Baumgarten, Veit M Stoecklein, Joerg-Christian Tonn, Michael Weller, Niklas Thon, Jonathan Weller
{"title":"Determinants of long-term survival in patients with IDH-mutant gliomas.","authors":"Sophie Katzendobler, Sebastian Niedermeyer, Jens Blobner, Christoph Trumm, Patrick N Harter, Louisa von Baumgarten, Veit M Stoecklein, Joerg-Christian Tonn, Michael Weller, Niklas Thon, Jonathan Weller","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04826-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-024-04826-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Survival times of patients with IDH-mutant gliomas are variable and can extend to decades. Many studies provide progression-free rather than overall survival times and prognostic factors remain ill-defined. Here we explored characteristics of short- and long-term survivors within a cohort of patients with extended follow-up.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This single-center, case-control study included 86 patients diagnosed between 1998 and 2023 who either died within 6 years after diagnosis or survived at least 15 years. Patient characteristics and prognostic factors were stratified by short- (< 6 years) versus long-term (≥ 15 years) survival.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty-seven patients (55%) diagnosed with astrocytoma and 39 patients (45%) with oligodendroglioma were included retrospectively. Median follow-up of the survivors was 16.6 years (range 15-28.9). Thirty-four deaths (40%) had been reported at database closure. Long-term survival was associated with CNS WHO grade 2 (p < 0.01), smaller tumor volumes (p = 0.01), lack of contrast enhancement (p < 0.01), wait-and-scan strategies (p < 0.01) and female sex (p = 0.04). In multivariate analyses for oligodendroglioma, larger T2 tumor volumes were associated with shorter survival (HR 1.02; 95% CI 1.01-1.05; p = 0.04). In patients with astrocytoma, lack of contrast enhancement (HR 0.38; 95% CI 0.15-0.94; p = 0.04) and wait-and-scan strategies (HR 5.75; 95% CI 1.66-26.61; p = 0.01) were associated with longer survival.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Large T2 tumor volume and contrast enhancement may be important risk factors for shorter survival, while age might be of lesser importance. Wait-and-scan strategies may yield excellent long-term survival in some patients with astrocytoma.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142307918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}