Stereotactic radiosurgery to the resection cavity for brain metastases: prognostic factors and outcomes.

Background: Adjuvant stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone after surgical resection is increasingly being used to provide excellent local control while avoiding the side effects of whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT). We report our ten year experience using this treatment scheme.

Purpose/objectives: To determine the rates and any correlates of local control, distant brain failure, and overall survival using SRS alone to the resection cavity.