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Maximum diameter versus volumetric assessment for the response evaluation of vestibular schwannomas receiving stereotactic radiotherapy

  • Choi, Youngmin (Department of Radiation Oncology, Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Sungmin (Department of Radiation Oncology, Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kwak, Dong-Won (Department of Radiation Oncology, Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Hyung-Sik (Department of Radiation Oncology, Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kang, Myung-Koo (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Kun (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
  • Hur, Won-Joo (Department of Radiation Oncology, Dong-A University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2018.01.10
  • Accepted : 2018.05.10
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

Purpose: To explore the feasibility of maximum diameter as a response assessment method for vestibular schwannomas (VS) after stereotactic radiosurgery or fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (RT), we analyzed the concordance of RT responses between maximum diameters and volumetric measurements. Materials and Methods: Forty-two patients receiving curative stereotactic radiosurgery or fractionated stereotactic RT for VS were analyzed retrospectively. Twelve patients were excluded: 4 did not receive follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and 8 had initial MRI scans with a slice thickness >3 mm. The maximum diameter, tumor volume (TV), and enhanced tumor volume (ETV) were measured in each MRI study. The percent change after RT was evaluated according to the measurement methods and their concordances were calculated with the Pearson correlation. The response classifications were determined by the assessment modalities, and their agreement was analyzed with Cohen kappa statistics. Results: Median follow-up was 31.0 months (range, 3.5 to 86.5 months), and 90 follow-up MRI studies were analyzed. The percent change of maximum diameter correlated strongly with TV and ETV (r(p) = 0.85, 0.63, p = 0.000, respectively). Concordance of responses between the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) using the maximum diameters and either TV or ETV were moderate (kappa = 0.58; 95% confidence interval, 0.32-0.85) or fair (kappa = 0.32; 95% confidence interval, 0.05-0.59), respectively. Conclusions: The percent changes in maximum diameter and the responses in RECIST were significantly concordant with those in the volumetric measurements. Therefore, the maximum diameters can be used for the response evaluation of VS following stereotactic RT.

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