Brain Tumours

SEERS study

Year of diagnosis Higher socio-economic status Number of sites of systemic disease Longer progression free interval Admission to teaching hospital No history of low income status Independent factors associated with higher chance of receiving SRS

availability prognosis inequity

SEERS-Medicare database, patients with NSCLC and diagnosed with brain metastases 7708 patients treated with RT within 2 months of brain mets diagnosis, age >65

Stereotactic radiosurgery utilisation

Halasz et al 2011 ASTRO abstract