2017
Do craniopharyngioma molecular signatures correlate with clinical characteristics?
Omay SB, Chen YN, Almeida JP, Ruiz-Treviño AS, Boockvar JA, Stieg PE, Greenfield JP, Souweidane MM, Kacker A, Pisapia DJ, Anand VK, Schwartz TH. Do craniopharyngioma molecular signatures correlate with clinical characteristics? Journal Of Neurosurgery 2017, 128: 1473-1478. PMID: 28707994, DOI: 10.3171/2017.1.jns162232.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary craniopharyngiomasAdamantinomatous craniopharyngiomaMutation groupPostoperative clinical symptomsSubgroup of tumorsMolecular signaturesWeill Cornell Medical CollegeND tumorsClinical characteristicsCornell Medical CollegeClinical symptomsClinical variablesGroup tumorsRadiographic featuresResults HistologyBRAF mutationsCraniopharyngiomaAge groupsMedical CollegeTumorsExome sequencing studiesCTNNB1 mutationsOutcome variablesHistologyPatients
2014
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas: A Multicenter Study
Ding D, Starke RM, Kano H, Nakaji P, Barnett GH, Mathieu D, Chiang V, Omay SB, Hess J, McBride HL, Honea N, Lee JY, Rahmathulla G, Evanoff WA, Alonso-Basanta M, Lunsford LD, Sheehan JP. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas: A Multicenter Study. Neurosurgery 2014, 75: 398-408. PMID: 24991710, DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000000480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGamma knife radiosurgeryCerebellopontine angle meningiomaNeurological deteriorationCPA meningiomasKnife radiosurgeryNorth American Gamma Knife ConsortiumSymptomatic adverse radiation effectsTumor progressionLower maximal dosePermanent neurological deteriorationCommon presenting symptomInitial surgical resectionMulticenter cohort studyOutcomes of patientsProgression-free survivalSignificant neurological morbidityMedian tumor volumeAdverse radiation effectsMultivariate regression analysisAdjuvant treatmentNeurological morbidityPresenting symptomCohort studyMost patientsSurgical resection