Edina C Wang1, Andrew J Huang1, Karen E Huang1, Emory R McTyre1, Hui-Wen Lo2, Kounosuke Watabe2, Linda Metheny-Barlow1, Adrian W Laxton3, Stephen B Tatter3, Roy E Strowd4, Michael D Chan1, Brandi R Page5. 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA. 2. Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA. 3. Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA. 4. Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA. 5. Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: brandi.page@gmail.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Prior studies suggest a high incidence of leptomeningeal failure (LMF) in breast cancer metastatic to brain. This study examines breast cancer-specific variables affecting development of LMF and survival after Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery (GKS). METHODS: Between 2000-2010, 149 (breast) and 658 other-histology patients were treated with GKS. Hormone/HER2, age, local/distant brain failure, prior craniotomy, and prior whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) were assessed. Median follow-up was 54months (range, 0-106). Serial MRI determined local and distant-brain failure and LMF. Statistical analysis with categorical/continuous data comparisons were done with Fisher's-exact, Wilcoxon rank-sum, log-rank tests, and Cox-Proportional Hazard models. RESULTS: Of 149 patients, 21 (14%) developed LMF (median time of 11.9months). None of the following predicted for LMF: Her2-status (HR=0.49, p=0.16), hormone-receptor status (HR=1.15, p=0.79), prior craniotomy (HR=1.58, p=0.42), prior WBRT (HR=1.36, p=0.55). Non-significant factors between patients that did (n=21) and did not (n=106) develop LMF included neurologic death (p=0.34) and median survival (8.6 vs 14.2months, respectively). Breast patients who had distant-failure after GKS (65/149; 43.6%) were more likely to later develop LMF (HR 4.2, p=0.005); including 15/65 (23%) patients who had distant-failure and developed LMF. Median time-to-death for patients experiencing LMF was 6.1months (IQR 3.4-7.8) from onset of LMF. Median survival from LMF to death was much longer in breast (6.1months) than in other (1.7months) histologies CONCLUSION: Breast cancer patients had a longer survival after diagnosis of LMF versus other histologies. Neither ER/PR/HER2 status, nor prior surgery or prior WBRT predicted for development of LMF in breast patients.
PURPOSE: Prior studies suggest a high incidence of leptomeningeal failure (LMF) in breast cancer metastatic to brain. This study examines breast cancer-specific variables affecting development of LMF and survival after Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery (GKS). METHODS: Between 2000-2010, 149 (breast) and 658 other-histology patients were treated with GKS. Hormone/HER2, age, local/distant brain failure, prior craniotomy, and prior whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) were assessed. Median follow-up was 54months (range, 0-106). Serial MRI determined local and distant-brain failure and LMF. Statistical analysis with categorical/continuous data comparisons were done with Fisher's-exact, Wilcoxon rank-sum, log-rank tests, and Cox-Proportional Hazard models. RESULTS: Of 149 patients, 21 (14%) developed LMF (median time of 11.9months). None of the following predicted for LMF: Her2-status (HR=0.49, p=0.16), hormone-receptor status (HR=1.15, p=0.79), prior craniotomy (HR=1.58, p=0.42), prior WBRT (HR=1.36, p=0.55). Non-significant factors between patients that did (n=21) and did not (n=106) develop LMF included neurologic death (p=0.34) and median survival (8.6 vs 14.2months, respectively). Breast patients who had distant-failure after GKS (65/149; 43.6%) were more likely to later develop LMF (HR 4.2, p=0.005); including 15/65 (23%) patients who had distant-failure and developed LMF. Median time-to-death for patients experiencing LMF was 6.1months (IQR 3.4-7.8) from onset of LMF. Median survival from LMF to death was much longer in breast (6.1months) than in other (1.7months) histologies CONCLUSION:Breast cancerpatients had a longer survival after diagnosis of LMF versus other histologies. Neither ER/PR/HER2 status, nor prior surgery or prior WBRT predicted for development of LMF in breast patients.
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