Danielle Golub, Joshua D McBriar, Hayley Donaldson, Taylor Wong, Prashin Unadkat, Timothy G White, Eric T Quach, Sara Haddock, Bhargava Chitti, Yonah Ziemba, Anuj Goenka, Samuel Singer, Michael Schulder, Amir R Dehdashti
BACKGROUND: Intracranial solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs), formerly hemangiopericytomas (HPCs), are rare, aggressive dural-based mesenchymal tumors. While adjuvant radiation therapy has been suggested to improve local tumor control (LTC), especially after subtotal resection, the role of postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and the optimal SRS dosing strategy remain poorly defined. METHODS: PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science were systematically searched according to PRISMA guidelines for studies describing postoperative SRS for intracranial SFTs...
November 13, 2023: Journal of Neuro-oncology