Is it advisable to perform radiosurgery for EGFR-TKI-controlled brain metastases? A retrospective study of the role of radiosurgery in lung cancer treatment

Joseph Shang En Hung, Yan Hua Su, Ching Jen Chen, Chi Lu Chiang, Chia I. Shen, Huai Che Yang, Cheng Ying Shiau, Yung Hung Luo, Hsiu Mei Wu, Yong Sin Hu, Chung Jung Lin, Kang Du Liu, Wen Yuh Chung, Wan Yuo Guo, Cheng Chia Lee*

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Purpose: Given the availability of TKIs with high central nervous system efficacy, the question arises as to whether upfront SRS provides additional clinical benefits. The goal of this study was to characterize the clinical outcomes of SRS as salvage therapy for TKI-uncontrolled BMs. Methods: This retrospective study included EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients presenting BMs at the time of primary tumor diagnosis. BMs were categorized into three subgroups, referred to as “Nature of TKI-treated BMs”, “TKI-controlled brain metastases ± SRS”, and “SRS salvage therapy”. The first subgroup analysis characterized the effects of TKIs on tumor behavior. In the second subgroup, we compared outcomes of TKI-controlled BMs treated with TKI alone versus those treated with combined TKI-SRS therapy. The third subgroup characterized the outcomes of TKI-uncontrolled BMs treated with SRS as salvage therapy Clinical outcomes include local and distant tumor control. Results: This study included 106 patients with a total of 683 BMs. TKI treatment achieved control in 63% of local tumors at 24 months. Among the TKI-controlled BMs, local tumor control was significantly higher in the combined TKI-SRS group (93%) than in the TKI-alone group (65%) at 24 months (p < 0.001). No differences were observed between the two groups in terms of distant tumor control (p = 0.832). In dealing with TKI-uncontrolled BMs, salvage SRS achieved local tumor control in 58% of BMs at 24 months. Conclusions: While upfront TKI alone proved highly effective in BM control, this study also demonstrated the outcomes of SRS when implemented concurrently with TKI or as salvage therapy for TKI-uncontrolled BMs. This study also presents a strategy of the precise timing and targeting of SRS to lesions in progression.

原文English
期刊Journal of Neuro-Oncology
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出版狀態Accepted/In press - 2023

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