Hypofractionated whole-brain radiotherapy for multiple brain metastases from transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 404-408

  Rades, Dirk ^a,b   Meyners, Thekla ^a   Veninga, Theo ^c   Stalpers, Lukas J A ^d   Schild, Steven E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Hypofractionation; Overall treatment time; Transitional cell bladder carcinoma; Whole brain radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; HYPOFRACTIONATION; OVERALL TREATMENT TIME; TRANSITIONAL CELL BLADDER CARCINOMA; WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY;

BRAIN; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY;

PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; GENDER; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLADDER TUMOR; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SECONDARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL IRRADIATION; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84755161061     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1717     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. A. Jemal, R. Siegel, and E. Ward Cancer statistics, 2006 Cancer J Clin 56 2006 106 130
2. J.H. Ok, F.J. Meyers, and C.P. Evans Medical and surgical palliative care of patients with urological malignancies J Urol 174 2005 1177 1182
3. D. Rades, J. Walz, and S.E. Schild Do bladder cancer patients with metastatic spinal cord compression benefit from radiotherapy alone? Urology 69 2007 1081 1085 (Pubitemid 46891582)
4. S.M. Goldman, A.A. Fajardo, and R.C. Naraval Metastatic transitional cell carcinoma from the bladder: Radiographic manifestations AJR Am J Roentgenol 132 1979 419 425
5. K. Kishi, T. Hirota, and K. Matsumoto Carcinoma of the bladder: A clinical and pathological analysis of 87 autopsy cases J Urol 125 1981 36 39
6. R.J. Babaian, D.E. Johnson, and Liamas Metastases from transitional cell carcinoma of urinary bladder Urology 16 1980 142 144
7. M.H. Hust, and P. Pfitzer Cerebrospinal fluid and metastasis of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder Acta Cytol 26 1982 217 223
8. A.D. Steinfeld, and M. Zelefsky Brain metastases from carcinoma of bladder Urology 29 1987 375 376
9. R.S. Anderson, A.M. el-Mahdi, and D.A. Kuban Brain metastases from transitional cell carcinoma of urinary bladder Urology 39 1992 17 20
10. R. Dhote, P. Beuzeboc, and N. Thiounn High incidence of brain metastases in patients treated with an M-VAC regimen for advanced bladder cancer Eur Urol 33 1998 392 395
11. M. Rosenstein, K. Wallner, and H. Scher Treatment of brain metastases from bladder cancer J Urol 149 1993 480 483 (Pubitemid 23094034)
12. A.S. Mahmoud-Ahmed, J.H. Suh, and P.A. Kupelian Brain metastases from bladder carcinoma: Presentation, treatment and survival J Urol 167 2002 2419 2422
13. M.K. Gospodarowicz, and P.R. Warde A critical review of the role of definitive radiation therapy in bladder cancer Sem Urol 11 1993 214 226
14. W.T. Sause, J.S. Cooper, and S. Rush Fraction size in external beam radiation therapy in the treatment of melanoma Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 20 1991 429 432
15. D.T. Chang, R.J. Amdur, and C.G. Morris Adjuvant radiotherapy for cutaneous melanoma: Comparing hypofractionation to conventional fractionation Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66 2006 1051 1055
16. L. Walsh, J.L. Stanfield, and L.C. Cho Efficacy of ablative high-dose-per-fraction radiation for implanted human renal cell cancer in a nude mouse model Eur Urol 50 2006 795 800
17. J.J. Beitler, D. Makara, and P. Silverman Definitive, high-dose-per-fraction, conformal, stereotactic external radiation for renal cell carcinoma Am J Clin Oncol 27 2004 646 648
18. B. Glimelius, and L. Pahlman Preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer: hypofractionation with multiple fractions (15-25 Gy) Ann Ital Chir 72 2001 539 547
19. A.N. Scholten, J.W.H. Leer, and C.D. Collins Hypofractionated radiotherapy for invasive bladder cancer Radiother Oncol 43 1997 163 169
20. D.B. McLaren, D. Morrey, and M.D. Mason Hypofractionated radiotherapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer in the elderly Radiother Oncol 43 1997 171 174
21. C.C. Jose, A. Price, and A. Norman Hypofractionated radiotherapy for patients with carcinoma of the bladder Clin Oncol 11 1999 330 333
22. M.I. Koukourakis, C. Tsolos, and S. Touloupidis Radical hypofractionated accelerated radiotherapy with cytoprotection for invasive bladder cancer Urology 69 2007 245 250 (Pubitemid 46274925)
23. E.L. Kaplan, and P. Meier Non parametric estimation from incomplete observations J Am Stat Assoc 53 1958 457 481
24. A. Trotti, R. Byhardt, and J. Stetz Common toxicity criteria: version 2.0. An improved reference for grading the acute effects of cancer treatment: impact on radiotherapy Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 47 2000 13 47
25. J.F. Fowler Biological factors influencing optimal fractionation in radiation therapy Acta Oncol 40 2001 712 717
26. M.C. Joiner, and A.J. Van der Kogel The linear-quadratic approach to fractionation and calculation of isoeffect relationships G.G. Steel, Basic clinical radiobiology 1997 Oxford University Press New York 106 112
27. J.F. Fowler The radiobiology of prostate cancer including new aspects of fractionated radiotherapy Acta Oncol 44 2005 265 276
28. C.L. Fitpatrick, J.P. Fares, and R.J. Milner Intrinsic radiosensitivity and repair of sublethal radiation-induced damage in canine osteosarcoma cell lines Am J Vet Res 69 2008 1197 1202
29. C. Protzel, U. Zimmermann, and E. Asse Gemcitabine and radiotherapy in the treatment of brain metastases from transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: A case report J Neurooncol 57 2002 141 145