OBJECT: The aim of this study was to document the possible role of Gamma Knife radiosurgery, suitable for the treatment of deep and well limited tumors, in the management of pineal parenchymal tumors (PPT). POPULATION AND METHODS: We reviewed retrospectively a series of 13 patients with PPT treated by Gamma Knife radiosurgery during 16 procedures. Mean age was 31 (range 10 to 74). Eight patients had pineocytomas (61.5%), and 5 had pineoblastomas (38.5%). Radiosurgery was performed alone in 6 cases, after partial microsurgical resection in 3 cases, in association with chemotherapy in 3 cases and following conventional fractionated radiotherapy in 1 case. The marginal dose to these tumors ranged from 11 to 20 Gy (mean 15 Gy). RESULTS: With a mean follow-up of 34 months (range 6 to 88), all tumors responded to treatment and disappeared or ceased growing. Two patients with pineoblastoma had tumor size progression out of the initial target requiring several radiosurgery procedures. At the end of the follow-up period, 10 out of 12 patients were alive. Two patients with pineoblastoma died because of carcinomatous meningitis or tumor size progression. We observed no mortality or major morbidity related to radiosurgery. CONCLUSION: This study confirms that radiosurgery can be an effective and safe primary treatment modality for patients with pineocytomas. It should have a role in multimodality therapy which includes microsurgical resection, fractionated radiotherapy and chemotherapy for the management of malignant pineal tumors.
OBJECT: The aim of this study was to document the possible role of Gamma Knife radiosurgery, suitable for the treatment of deep and well limited tumors, in the management of pineal parenchymal tumors (PPT). POPULATION AND METHODS: We reviewed retrospectively a series of 13 patients with PPT treated by Gamma Knife radiosurgery during 16 procedures. Mean age was 31 (range 10 to 74). Eight patients had pineocytomas (61.5%), and 5 had pineoblastomas (38.5%). Radiosurgery was performed alone in 6 cases, after partial microsurgical resection in 3 cases, in association with chemotherapy in 3 cases and following conventional fractionated radiotherapy in 1 case. The marginal dose to these tumors ranged from 11 to 20 Gy (mean 15 Gy). RESULTS: With a mean follow-up of 34 months (range 6 to 88), all tumors responded to treatment and disappeared or ceased growing. Two patients with pineoblastoma had tumor size progression out of the initial target requiring several radiosurgery procedures. At the end of the follow-up period, 10 out of 12 patients were alive. Two patients with pineoblastoma died because of carcinomatous meningitis or tumor size progression. We observed no mortality or major morbidity related to radiosurgery. CONCLUSION: This study confirms that radiosurgery can be an effective and safe primary treatment modality for patients with pineocytomas. It should have a role in multimodality therapy which includes microsurgical resection, fractionated radiotherapy and chemotherapy for the management of malignant pineal tumors.
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