Treatment of WHO Grade 2 Meningiomas With Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Identification of an Optimal Group for SRS Using RPA

Roman O. Kowalchuk, Matthew J. Shepard, Kimball Sheehan, Darrah Sheehan, Andrew Faramand, Ajay Niranjan, Hideyuki Kano, Jason Gurewitz, Kenneth Bernstein, Roman Liscak, Khumar Guseynova, Inga S. Grills, Jacob S. Parzen, Christopher P. Cifarelli, Azeem A. Rehman, Ahmet Atik, Joshua Bakhsheshian, Gabriel Zada, Eric Chang, Steven GiannottaHerwin Speckter, Hsiu mei Wu, Douglas Kondziolka, David Mathieu, Cheng chia Lee, Ronald E. Warnick, L. Dade Lunsford, Daniel M. Trifiletti, Jason P. Sheehan

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Abstract

Purpose: This study assesses a large multi-institutional database to present the outcomes of World Health Organization grade 2 meningiomas treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). We also compare the 3-year progression-free survival (PFS) to that reported in the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0539 phase 2 cooperative group meningioma trial. Methods and Materials: From an international, multicenter group, data were collected for grade 2 meningioma patients treated with SRS for demonstrable tumor from 1994 to 2019. Statistical methods used included the Kaplan-Meier method, Cox proportional hazards analysis, and recursive partitioning analysis. Results: Two hundred thirty-three patients treated at 12 institutions were included. Patients presented at a median age of 60 years (range, 13-90), and many had at least 2 prior resections (30%) or radiation therapy (22%). Forty-eight percent of patients had prior gross total resection. At SRS, the median treatment volume was 6.1 cm3 (0.1-97.6). A median 15 Gy (10-30) was delivered to a median percent isodose of 50 (30-80), most commonly in 1 fraction (95%). A model was developed using recursive partitioning analysis, with one point attributed to age >50 years, treatment volume >11.5 cm3, and prior radiation therapy or multiple surgeries. The good-prognostic group (score, 0-1) had improved PFS (P <.005) and time to local failure (P <.005) relative to the poor-prognostic group (score, 2-3). Age >50 years (hazard ratio = 1.85 [95% confidence interval, 1.09-3.14]) and multiple prior surgeries (hazard ratio = 1.80 [1.09-2.99]) also portended reduced PFS in patients without prior radiation therapy. Two hundred eighteen of 233 patients in this study qualified for the high-risk group of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0539, and they demonstrated similar outcomes (3-year PFS: 53.9% vs 58.8%). The good-prognostic group of SRS patients demonstrated slightly improved outcomes (3-year PFS: 63.1% vs 58.8%). Conclusions: SRS should be considered in carefully selected patients with atypical meningiomas. We suggest the use of our good-prognostic group to optimize patient selection, and we strongly encourage the initiation of a clinical trial to prospectively validate these outcomes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)804-814
Number of pages11
JournalInternational Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
Volume110
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiation
  • Oncology
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cancer Research

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