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Stereotactic radiotherapy for vestibular schwannomas: favorable outcome with minimal toxicity.
Neurosurgery 2005 July
OBJECTIVE: To determine the outcome and toxicity in patients with vestibular schwannomas treated with conventionally fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) and to identify prognostic factors that are predictive of outcome.
METHODS: Between 1992 and 2001, 70 patients with vestibular schwannomas were treated with linear accelerator-based SRT in our institutions. Eleven patients had neurofibromatosis Type II (NF2). The median age was 53 years (range, 17-82 yrs). The median tumor volume was 2.4 cm3 (range, 0.05-21.1 cm3). The indications for SRT were distributed as follows: 47% newly diagnosed, 31% progressive tumors after watchful waiting, 3% adjuvant postoperative radiation, and 19% recurrent tumors after surgical resection. The median dose was 54 Gy in 1.8 Gy per fraction, prescribed to 95% of the isodose line. Relocatable stereotactic frames were used for daily treatments. The median follow-up was 45.3 months.
RESULTS: Tumor recurrence was defined as progressive enlargement of tumor on follow-up magnetic resonance imaging studies. One patient had a tumor recurrence at 38 months after SRT. The actuarial tumor control rates were 100 and 98% at 3 and 5 years, respectively. Three patients with a median tumor volume of 16.2 cm3 required surgical resection for persistent or increasing symptoms at a median of 37 months. The actuarial freedom from resection rates were 98 and 92% at 3 and 5 years, respectively. In multivariate analysis, tumor volume at time of treatment was predictive for neurosurgical intervention (surgical resection or shunt placement) after SRT (P = 0.001). The 3- and 5-year actuarial rates of freedom from any neurosurgical intervention were 100 and 97% for patients with tumor volume less than 8 cm3 and 74 and 47% respectively for patients with tumor of at least 8 cm3 (P < 0.0001). The 3-year actuarial rates of facial and trigeminal nerve preservation were 99 and 96%, respectively. Surgery before SRT was predictive of posttreatment trigeminal neuropathy. The 3-year actuarial rates of freedom from trigeminal neuropathy were 86 and 98% for patients with and without previous resection, respectively (P = 0.04). There was no difference in tumor control and cranial nerve function preservation rates seen in NF2 patients compared with non-NF2 patients. No second primary cancer or malignant transformation was observed.
CONCLUSION: SRT in the conventionally fractionated approach results in a very favorable outcome with minimal toxicity, with results comparable to those of the best of the radiosurgery series. Patients with large tumors are more likely to undergo neurosurgical interventions after SRT. Patients who have undergone previous surgery are at increased risk of developing trigeminal neuropathy.
METHODS: Between 1992 and 2001, 70 patients with vestibular schwannomas were treated with linear accelerator-based SRT in our institutions. Eleven patients had neurofibromatosis Type II (NF2). The median age was 53 years (range, 17-82 yrs). The median tumor volume was 2.4 cm3 (range, 0.05-21.1 cm3). The indications for SRT were distributed as follows: 47% newly diagnosed, 31% progressive tumors after watchful waiting, 3% adjuvant postoperative radiation, and 19% recurrent tumors after surgical resection. The median dose was 54 Gy in 1.8 Gy per fraction, prescribed to 95% of the isodose line. Relocatable stereotactic frames were used for daily treatments. The median follow-up was 45.3 months.
RESULTS: Tumor recurrence was defined as progressive enlargement of tumor on follow-up magnetic resonance imaging studies. One patient had a tumor recurrence at 38 months after SRT. The actuarial tumor control rates were 100 and 98% at 3 and 5 years, respectively. Three patients with a median tumor volume of 16.2 cm3 required surgical resection for persistent or increasing symptoms at a median of 37 months. The actuarial freedom from resection rates were 98 and 92% at 3 and 5 years, respectively. In multivariate analysis, tumor volume at time of treatment was predictive for neurosurgical intervention (surgical resection or shunt placement) after SRT (P = 0.001). The 3- and 5-year actuarial rates of freedom from any neurosurgical intervention were 100 and 97% for patients with tumor volume less than 8 cm3 and 74 and 47% respectively for patients with tumor of at least 8 cm3 (P < 0.0001). The 3-year actuarial rates of facial and trigeminal nerve preservation were 99 and 96%, respectively. Surgery before SRT was predictive of posttreatment trigeminal neuropathy. The 3-year actuarial rates of freedom from trigeminal neuropathy were 86 and 98% for patients with and without previous resection, respectively (P = 0.04). There was no difference in tumor control and cranial nerve function preservation rates seen in NF2 patients compared with non-NF2 patients. No second primary cancer or malignant transformation was observed.
CONCLUSION: SRT in the conventionally fractionated approach results in a very favorable outcome with minimal toxicity, with results comparable to those of the best of the radiosurgery series. Patients with large tumors are more likely to undergo neurosurgical interventions after SRT. Patients who have undergone previous surgery are at increased risk of developing trigeminal neuropathy.
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