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Patients with leukoencephalopathy experience some levels of cognitive and neurological dysfunction. This investigation assessed the frequency and clinical outcomes of leukoencephalopathy following stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone or SRS following whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) in breast cancer brain metastasis.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We retrospectively evaluated the data of brain metastases from breast cancer individuals who underwent SRS between 2007 and 2022. MRI sequences were examined to assess white matter changes and tumor control.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Among 125 patients with 1,077 brain metastases, 58 (46.4%) patients received WBRT prior to SRS. By year 3, 23.4% of WBRT\u2009+\u2009SRS patients developed high-grade leukoencephalopathy (grades 2\u20133) compared to 5.7% in the SRS-only group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). In univariate analyses, significant predictors of high-grade leukoencephalopathy included prior WBRT (HR: 18.4, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.005), cumulative integral dose\u2009&gt;\u20093\u00a0J (HR: 4.17, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.029), and the total number of lesions (HR: 1.22, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). In multivariate analyses, prior WBRT (HR: 11.1, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.022) and total lesions (HR: 1.14, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.037) remained significant predictors.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Our findings demonstrated that WBRT plus SRS is associated with higher leukoencephalopathy rates than SRS alone. This underscores the importance of carefully weighing the benefits and risks of different ionizing radiation approaches in the management of brain metastasis from breast cancer.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00701-025-06478-8","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,14]],"date-time":"2025-03-14T04:52:41Z","timestamp":1741927961000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Leukoencephalopathy following stereotactic radiosurgery for breast cancer brain metastases: a single-center analysis of 1,077 lesions"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"167","author":[{"given":"Salem M.","family":"Tos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bardia","family":"Hajikarimloo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Georgios","family":"Mantziaris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mariam","family":"Ishaque","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Purushotham","family":"Ramanathan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Schlesinger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jason P.","family":"Sheehan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"6478_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"Ajay Niranjan PA (2015) Leukoencephalopathy after whole brain radiation therapy plus radiosurgery versus radiosurgery alone for metastatic melanoma to the brain. 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