Michael Chan, Steven Tatter, Veronica Chiang, Peter Fecci, Roy Strowd, Sujit Prabhu, Constantinos Hadjipanayis, John Kirkpatrick, David Sun, Kaylyn Sinicrope, Alireza M Mohammadi, Parag Sevak, Steven Abram, Albert H Kim, Eric Leuthardt, Samuel Chao, John Phillips, Michel Lacroix, Brian Williams, Dimitris Placantonakis, Joshua Silverman, James Baumgartner, David Piccioni, Adrian Laxton
BACKGROUND: Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) in the setting of post-SRS radiation necrosis (RN) for patients with brain metastases has growing evidence for efficacy. However, questions remain regarding hospitalization, local control, symptom control, and concurrent use of therapies. METHODS: Demographics, intraprocedural data, safety, Karnofsky performance status (KPS), and survival data were prospectively collected and then analyzed on patients who consented between 2016-2020 and who were undergoing LITT for biopsy-proven RN at one of 14 US centers...
2023: Neuro-oncology advances