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Leptomeningeal disease and brain control after postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery with or without immunotherapy for resected brain metastases

Giuseppe Minniti, Gaetano Lanzetta, Luca Capone, Martina Giraffa, Ivana Russo, Francesco Cicone, Alessandro Bozzao, Filippo Alongi, Luca Nicosia, G Fineschi,

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer · 2021 · 20 citations · 40 references

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Abstract

Postoperative fSRS in combination with immunotherapy decreases the incidence of LMD and DBF in patients with resected BM from NSCLC and melanoma as compared with fSRS alone, reducing the rate of neurological death and prolonging survival.

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