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SRS can effectively control brain metastases in patients with RCC

Wardak Z et al. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2018 Nov 20. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2018.11.006.

Key clinical point: SRS can effectively control brain metastases in patients with RCC, with more than half of treated patients surviving more than a year.

Major finding:. Treated local control rates at 1 and 2 years were 91.8% (95% CI, 85.7-95.4) and 86.1% (77.1-91.7)

Study details: A single-institution study that reviewed the use of SRS to treat brain lesions in 38 patients with a total of 243 brain metastases.

Disclosures: Coauthor James Brugarolas is supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health. No other study funding was disclosed. The other authors have no disclosures.

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Wardak Z et al. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2018 Nov 20. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2018.11.006.