A matched-pair analysis of clinical outcomes after intracavitary cesium-131 brachytherapy versus stereotactic radiosurgery for resected brain metastases.

CONCLUSIONS: Postresection patients with BM treated with Cs-131 brachytherapy were more likely to achieve local control compared to SRS-treated patients. This study provides preliminary evidence of the potential of Cs-131 to reduce LR following gross-total resection of single BM, with minimal toxicity, and suggests the need for a prospective study to address this question. PMID: 32413856 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - May 14, 2020 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Julie DA, Lazow SP, Vanderbilt DB, Taube S, Yondorf MZ, Sabbas A, Pannullo S, Schwartz TH, Wernicke AG Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research