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We aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of GKRS for CD and evaluate the association of BED and treatment outcome. Methods: A cohort study of 31 patients with CD received GKRS in West China Hospital between June 2010 and December 2021. Endocrine remission was defined as normalization of 24 h urinary free cortisol (UFC) or serum cortisol \u2264 50 nmol\/L after a 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test. Result: The mean age was 38.6 years old, and females accounted for 77.4%. GKRS was the initial treatment for 21 patients (67.7%), and 32.3% of patients underwent GKRS after surgery due to residual disease and recurrence. The mean endocrine follow-up duration was 22 months. The median marginal dose was 28.0 Gy, and the median BED was 221.5 Gy2.47. Fourteen patients (45.1%) experienced control of hypercortisolism in the absence of pharmacological treatment, and the median duration to remission was 20.0 months. The cumulative rates of endocrine remission at 1, 2, and 3 years after GKRS were 18.9%, 55.3%, and 72.21%, respectively. The total complication rate was 25.8%, and the mean duration from GKRS to hypopituitary was 17.5 months. The new hypopituitary rate at 1, 2, and 3 years were 7.1%, 30.3%, and 48.4%, respectively. A high BED level (BED &gt; 205 Gy2.47) was associated with better endocrine remission than a low BED level (BED \u2264 205 Gy2.47), while no significant differences were found between the BED level and hypopituitarism. Conclusions: GKRS was a second-line therapeutic option for CD with satisfactory safety and efficacy. BED should be considered during GKRS treatment planning, and optimization of BED is a potentially impactful avenue toward improving the efficacy of GKRS.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12041288","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,6]],"date-time":"2023-02-06T06:35:05Z","timestamp":1675665305000},"page":"1288","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Cushing\u2019s Disease: Evaluation of Biological Effective Dose from a Single-Center Experience"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Yuan","family":"Gao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu 610000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mengqi","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu 610000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu 610000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hao","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu 610000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yangyang","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu 610000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Diabetic Foot Care Center, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chun","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Diabetic Foot Care Center, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu 610000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"404","DOI":"10.3171\/2016.1.JNS152119","article-title":"Cushing\u2019s disease: Pathobiology, diagnosis, and management","volume":"126","author":"Lonser","year":"2017","journal-title":"J. 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