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- Title
Stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of bulky spine metastases.
- Authors
Kowalchuk, Roman O.; Waters, Michael R.; Richardson, K. Martin; Spencer, Kelly M.; Larner, James M.; Sheehan, Jason P.; McAllister, William H.; Kersh, C. R.
- Abstract
Introduction: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has shown durable local control for the treatment of metastatic diseasespinal metastases. Multilevel disease or epidural or paraspinal involvement present challenges to achieving local control, and this study aims to analyze treatment outcomes for such lesions. Methods: Patients treated at a single institution with SRS to the spine from 2010–2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Inclusion criteria required clinical follow-up with either a pain assessment or imaging study. Bulky spine metastasis was defined as consisting of multilevel disease or epidural or paraspinal tumor involvement. Results: 54 patients treated for 62 lesions met inclusion criteria. 42 treatments included at least two vertebrae, and 21 and 31 had paraspinal and epidural involvement, respectively. Treatment regimens had a median 24 Gy in 3 fractions to a volume of 37.75 cm3. Median follow-up was 14.36 months, with 5 instances (8%) of local failure. Median overall survival was 13.32 months. Pain improvement was achieved in 47 treatments (76%), and pain improved with treatment (p < 0.0001). Severe pain (HR = 3.08, p = 0.05), additional bone metastases (HR = 4.82, p = 0.05), and paraspinal involvement (HR = 3.93, p < 0.005) were predictive for worse overall survival. Kaplan–Meier analysis demonstrated that prior chemotherapy (p = 0.03) and additional bone metastases (p = 0.02) were predictive of worse overall survival. Grade < 3 toxicity was observed in 19 cases; no grade ≥ 3 side effects were observed. Conclusions: SRS can effectively treat bulky metastases to the spine, resulting in improvement of pain with minimal toxicity. Severe pain independently predicts for worse overall survival, indicating that treatment prior to worsening of pain is strongly recommended
- Subjects
STEREOTACTIC radiosurgery; SPINE; BONE metastasis; METASTASIS; PAIN management; LUMBAR vertebrae diseases; EPIDURAL abscess
- Publication
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 2020, Vol 148, Issue 2, p381
- ISSN
0167-594X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11060-020-03534-4