• Thomas M Churilla, Karla V Ballman, Paul D Brown, Erin L Twohy, Kurt Jaeckle, Elana Farace, Jane H Cerhan, S Keith Anderson, Xiomara W Carrero, Yolanda I Garces, Fred G Barker, Richard Deming, Jesse G Dixon, Stuart H Burri, Caroline Chung, Cynthia Ménard, Volker W Stieber, Bruce E Pollock, Evanthia Galanis, Jan C Buckner, and Anthony L Asher.
• Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2017 Dec 1; 99 (5): 1173-1178.

PurposeTo determine whether whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) is associated with improved overall survival among non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with favorable prognoses at diagnosis.Methods And MaterialsIn the N0574 trial, patients with 1 to 3 brain metastases were randomized to receive stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) or SRS plus WBRT (SRS + WBRT), with a primary endpoint of cognitive deterioration. We calculated diagnosis-specific graded prognostic assessment (DS-GPA) scores for NSCLC patients and evaluated overall survival according to receipt of WBRT and DS-GPA score using 2 separate cut-points (≥2.0 vs <2.0 and ≥2.5 vs <2.5).ResultsA total of 126 NSCLC patients were included for analysis, with median follow-up of 14.2 months. Data for DS-GPA calculation were available for 86.3% of all enrolled NSCLC patients. Overall, 50.0% of patients had DS-GPA score ≥2.0, and 23.0% of patients had DS-GPA scores ≥2.5. The SRS and SRS + WBRT groups were well balanced with regard to prognostic factors. The median survival according to receipt of WBRT was 11.3 months (+WBRT) and 17.9 months (-WBRT) for patients with DS-GPA ≥2.0 (favorable prognoses, P=.63; hazard ratio 0.86; 95% confidence interval 0.47-1.59). Median survival was 3.7 months (+WBRT) and 6.6 months (-WBRT) for patients with DS-GPA <2.0 patients (unfavorable prognoses, P=.85; hazard ratio 0.95; 95% confidence interval 0.56-1.62). Outcomes according to the receipt of WBRT and DS-GPA remained similar utilizing DS-GPA ≥2.5 as a cutoff for favorable prognoses. There was no interaction between the continuum of the DS-GPA groups and WBRT on overall survival (P=.53).ConclusionsWe observed no significant differences in survival according to receipt of WBRT in favorable-prognosis NSCLC patients. This study further supports the approach of SRS alone in the majority of patients with limited brain metastases.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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