Earlier and sustained response with incidental use of cardiovascular drugs among patients with low- to medium-grade meningiomas treated with radiosurgery (SRS) or stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT)

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10918204	Radiotherapy and Oncology	2014	5 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Our data suggest that concomitant antihypertensive medication (especially Î²-blockers) may lead to an earlier and sustained response in stereotactic irradiated low- to medium-grade intracranial meningiomas by affecting the Î²-adrenergic pathways.

Keywords

sRT GTV SRS PTV CTC OAR RTOG MRI organs at risk Beta-blocker Planning target volume COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Magnetic resonance imaging radiosurgery gross tumor volume Gray Radiotherapy Stereotactic radiosurgery Stereotactic radiotherapy World Health Organization NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer Vascular endothelial growth factor Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Meningioma Radiation therapy WHO