title: Intracranial metastatic neuroblastoma treated with gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery: report of two novel cases.
abstract: Intracranial metastasis of neuroblastoma (IMN) is associated with poor survival. No curative therapy for the treatment of IMN currently exists. Unfractionated radiotherapy may be beneficial in the treatment of IMN given the known radiosensitivity of neuroblastoma as well as its proclivity to metastasize as discrete lesions. We present two patients with IMN treated with Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Single-fraction radiotherapy yielded temporary reduction of tumor burden and stability of disease in both patients. SRS may be a useful palliative tool in the treatment of IMN and expands the overall treatment options for this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room 779 M, San Francisco, CA 94143-0112, USA.
authors.forename: Nathan C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Rowland
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Daxa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: David V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Laborde
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nowlan
authors.forename: Bradley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mazewski
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reisner
authors.forename: Howard M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Katzenstein