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. 2014 Feb 18;55(4):761–768. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrt235

Table 3.

Summary of the local control rates from the previously reported series of intracranial and spinal hemangioblastoma treated with radiosurgery

author No of Pts Location RT technique Sporadic/VHL Median F/U (range) (months) Median dose (range) (Gy) Median volume (range) (cm3) 2 year 5 year 10 year Complication
Niemela, 1996 [5] 10 brain GK 6/4 26 (4–68) 6–25 (20–25) 7–10 (5–19) N/A 100 1 Cerebellar edema 1 SIADH
Patrice, 1996 [6] 22 brain linac/GK 13/9 24.5 (6–77) 15.5 (12–20) 0.97 (0.05–12) 86 none
Jawahar, 2000 [7] 27 brain GK 13/14 48 (6–108) 16 (11.7–20) 3.2 (0.36–27) 89.5 75.2 none
Park, 2005 [8] 9 brain GK 4/5 51 (8.6–141) 16.6 (12.8–29.75) N/A 96 1-radiation-induced brain injury
Tago, 2005 [9] 13 brain GK 6/7 36 (3–159) 20 (18–20) 0.23 (0.004–4.84) 96.2 96.2 none
Wang, 2005 [10] 35 brain GK 14/21 66 (24–114) 17.2 (12–24) N/A 94 71 none
Matsunaga, 2007 [11] 22 brain GK 12/10 63 (9–146) 14 (8–30) 1.69 (0.0097–16.4) 88 78 none
Kano, 2008 [12] 32 brain GK 19/13 50.1 (6.0–165.4) 16.0 (11–20) 0.72 (0.08–16.6) 91.9 none
Moss, 2009 [13] 31 brain and spine Linac/CK 5/26 69(5–164) 23.4 (12–40) 1. (0.058–65.4) 85 (at 3 years) 82 5-radiation necrosis
Karabagli, 2010 [14] 13 brain GK 6/7 50.2 (24–116) 15.8 (12–25) 0.022 (0.0005–11.37) 100 none
Sayer, 2011 [15] 14 brain GK 7/7 36 (6–144) 18 (10–25) 1.65 (0.08–9.02) 74 50 none
Selch, 2012 [16] 9 spine linac 4/5 51(14–86) 12 0.7 (0.08–14.4) 95 (at 4 years) none
Our study 14 brain linac/CK 5/9 24 (11–89) 20(10–32) 0.26 (0.026–20.4) 88% 73 (at 6 years) none

GK = GammaKnife, VHL = Von-Hippel-Lindau disease, CK = CyberKnife, SIADH = syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, N/A = data not available.