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Treatment for Brain Metastasis from Lung Cancer in the Era of Radiosurgery Kazuhiro YAMANAKA 1 , Yoshiyasu IWAI 1 , Hideki NAKAJIMA 1 , Toshihiro YASUI 1 , Masaki KOMIYAMA 1 , Misao NISHIKAWA 1 , Toshie MORIKAWA 1 , Hiroshige KISHI 1 , Shun-ichi NEGORO 2 , Hirohito TADA 3 , Masahiro TANAKA 4 1Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka City General Hospital 2Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Osaka City General Hospital 3Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital 4Department of Radiology, Osaka City General Hospital Keyword: brain metastasis , lung cancer , radiosurgery , gamma knife radiosurgery pp.617-623
Published Date 2001/7/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1436902065
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Objective: The treatment for brain metastasis has undergone remarkable changes since the developmentof radiosurgery. We investigated the results of treatment for brain metastasis from lung cancer since the in-itiation of gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) and we discuss the usefulness of GKRS combined withother treatments in cases with recurrence.

Methods: We treated 142 patients with brain metastasis from lung cancer. Sixteen patients were treatedsurgically,11 patients were treated with whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT),and 115 patients were tre-ated with GKRS. Our treatment plan is to use GKRS in cases with less than 5 lesions and lesions less than3 cm in mean diameter. We use WBRT in cases with 5 or more lesions, and surgery in cases with lesions 3cm or larger. If new lesions or tumor regrowth appeared after the initial treatment, we retreated them withone of the methods mentioned above.

Results: Twice or three,time treatments were performed in 30 patients. Median survival including all caseswas 10 months and the number of deaths due to local treatment failure was only 5(6.5%) out of the total77 deaths which occurred.

Conclusion: We were able to carry out less invasive treatment for brain metastasis from lung cancer byutilizing GKRS. Though we have to consider the indications for other treatments, we can say thatradiosurgery is usually the treatment of first choice for brain metastasis from lung cancer. When new le-sions appear in cases where a particular initial treatment was used, it is possible to maintain or improve thequality of life by retreatment, using a combination of GKRS, surgery or WBRT, to prolong the patient'slife.


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