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Table 4 Radiographic responses and MRI changes after treatment with bevacizumab

From: Bevacizumab for radiation necrosis following radiotherapy of brain metastatic disease: a systematic review & meta-analysis

Studies

No of patients

Radiographic responses

T1 Gd enhancement volume reduction (mean)

T2 FLAIR volume reduction (mean)

Wang, et al. (2012) [50]

5

4 (80%)

63.5%

49%

Furuse, et al. (2013) [52]

3

100%

 

75.1%

Boothe, et al. (2013) [51]

11

100%

67.1%

54.1%

Alessandretti, et al. (2013) [48]

2

100%

  

Yonezawa, et al. (2014) [53]

2

100%

49.5%

76.9%

Xiang-Pan, et al. (2015) [49]

1

100%

  

Sadraei, et al. (2015) [54]

17

16 (95.8%)

52%

53.7%

Zhuang, et al. (2015) [55]

14

13 (92.9%)

36%

59%

Ma, Y., et al. (2017) [57]

2

100%

  

Glitza, I. et al. (2017) [58]

7

5 (71%)

  

Zhuang, et al. (2019) [33]

21

20 (95.2%)

35%

74%

Tanigawa, et al. (2019) [56]

4

100%

  

This study

89

83 (93%)

Mean: 47.03% (+/− 24.4)

Mean: 61.78% (+/− 23.2)