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Table 2 GKRS1 parameters in patients with regular high dose, staged and boost treatment

From: Concomitant radiosurgical and targeted oncological treatment improves the outcome of patients with brain metastases from gastrointestinal cancer

Parameters

GKRS1 regular high dose

Number of BM (n = 110)

Staged treatment

Number of BM at first treatment (n = 16)

Boost treatment

Number of BM (n = 38)

Treatment volume in cm³, median (range)

1.6 (0.1–6.1)

7.4 (2.1–13.8)

1.7 (0.2–16.6)

Isodose in %, median (range)

50 (45–90)

50 (45–50)

50 (50–60)

Prescription dose in Gy, median (range)

18.5 (17–20)

15 (10–16)

15 (10–16)

Central dose in Gy, median (range)

36 (21–44)

30 (20–36)

28 (20–32)

  1. A total of 164 BM were treated at GKRS1. Table 2 gives an overview of radiosurgical parameters per BM at GKRS1
  2. BM brain metastases, GKRS1 first Gamma Knife radiosurgery