Imaging scans to predict cancer recurrence after brain radiation treatment

This trial is studying special MRI scans to create a scoring system that predicts whether brain cancer will come back after stereotactic radiosurgery (a focused radiation treatment). Researchers will collect detailed imaging information from patients before and after their radiation treatment to see if certain scan patterns can warn doctors about the risk of cancer returning or radiation damage to healthy brain tissue.

Currently, doctors have limited ways to predict which patients will have their cancer return after radiation treatment or develop damage from the radiation itself. This study aims to solve that problem by developing an imaging-based tool that could help doctors better plan follow-up care and catch recurrences earlier.