Whole brain radiation therapy for patients with brain metastases: survival outcomes and prognostic factors in a contemporary institutional series
Survival outcomes of patients undergoing WBRT in the contemporary era appear comparable to historical cohorts, although individual patient factors need to be considered. Patients with otherwise favorable prognostic factors may benefit from longer-course WBRT.
Authors
- Anna Estermann
- Alexandros Papachristofilou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-747X)
- Tobias Finazzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-4171)
- Frank Zimmermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4952-2324)
- Chiara Schneider
Institutions
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- Hospital Base (CL)
- Kantonsspital Baden (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
- Published
- 2024-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-024-02275-x
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Brain Metastases and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.68
Funders
- Universität Basel