Author Archives: thebraincentre

Cureus 2016;8(7):e667.
Lester-Coll NH, Dosoretz AP, Hayman JA, Yu JB.

Purpose
Estimating the cost-effectiveness of whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), including Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS), requires the quantitative measurement of patients’ health states after treatment. We sought to quantify individuals’ ...

World Neurosurg. 2016;89:455–463.
Matsunaga S, Shuto T, Sato M.

Objective
The incidences of metastatic brain tumors from gynecologic cancer have increased. The results of Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) for the treatment of patients with brain metastases from gynecologic cancer (ovarian, endometrial, and uterine cervical cancers) were retrospectively analyzed to ...

Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2021;33(5):314–21. DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2021.01.003.
Schimmel WCM, Verhaak E, Bakker M, Hanssens PEJ, Sitskoorn MM, Gehring K.

Aims
Stereotactic radiosurgery is increasingly used to treat multiple (four or more) brain metastases. Preserving cognitive functions is a highly relevant treatment goal because cognitive eteriorations may negatively affect a atient’s quality of life. The aim of this study was to assess cognitive ...

J Neurosurg 2017;126(3):708–725.
Skeie BS, Eide GE, Flatebø M, Heggdal JI, Larsen E, Bragstad S Pedersen PH, Enger PØ.

Objective
Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) is increasingly used in the management of brain metastases (BMs), but few studies have evaluated how GKRS impacts quality of life (QOL). The aim of this study was to monitor QOL as the primary end point following GKRS in a patient cohort with BM ...

Neurosurg. 2021;88(5):E396–405. DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa586.
Verhaak E, Schimmel WCM, Gehring K, Hanssens PEJ, Sitskoorn MM.

Background
Survival rates have improved in the past years for patients with brain metastases (BMs).

Objective
To evaluate cognitive functioning and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after Gamma Knife ...