Abstract

Abstract Brain metastases (BM) are rare in patients with gynecologic (GYN) malignancies. We identified and analyzed all patients who completed a course of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) between 1/2015 and 12/2020 across two institutions. Demographic and clinical parameters were collected. Intracranial progression (ICP) was defined as any concern on post-SRS imaging for recurrence determined by multidisciplinary consensus. Clinical parameter distributions were compared across GYN and non-GYN patients utilizing chi-squared tests and t-tests. Overall survival (OS) and freedom from intracranial progression (FFICP) were estimated via the Kaplan Meier method. From a cohort of 1383 patients who completed SRS for BMs, 2.4% (n=33) had a BM from a GYN malignancy. Subsites included endometrial (n=19), ovarian (n=11), vulvar (n=2), cervical (n=1). There was no difference in age between GYN and non-GYN patients (mean 67.1 years vs. 63.0 years, p=0.06). GYN patients with BMs compared to non-GYN patients were more likely to have resection of BMs (48.5% vs. 25.6%, p=0.003), larger planned target volumes of all BMs (mean 23.6cc vs mean 15.2cc, p=0.02), and pre-SRS chemotherapy (72.7% vs. 49.6%, p=0.009). GYN patients were less likely to have whole brain radiation therapy prior to SRS (0 vs. 10.5%, p=0.049). GYN patients had worse OS compared to non-GYN patients (median 6.6 months (95% CI 3.3-12.4) vs. 10.0 months (95% CI 9.1-11.2), (HR 1.62 (95% CI 1.11-2.36), p=0.011)). Median FFICP for GYN patients was 9.5 months (95% CI 4.0-not reached) and for non-GYN patients was 8.7 months (95% CI 7.7-9.5). There was no difference in FFICP for GYN patients compared to non-GYN patients (HR 0.84 (95% CI 0.5-1.5), p=0.55). When comparing patients with BMs from endometrial cancer versus ovarian cancer, there was no difference in OS (p=0.13) or FFICP (p=0.58). These data may help guide treatment decisions and post-therapy surveillance in patients with BMs of GYN origin.

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