2019
Prophylactic cranial irradiation is associated with improved survival following resection for limited stage small cell lung cancer
Resio BJ, Hoag J, Chiu A, Monsalve A, Dhanasopon AP, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD. Prophylactic cranial irradiation is associated with improved survival following resection for limited stage small cell lung cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2019, 11: 811-818. PMID: 31019769, PMCID: PMC6462708, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.64.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall cell lung cancerProphylactic cranial irradiationNational Cancer DatabaseCell lung cancerSurgical resectionCranial irradiationLymph nodesLung cancerLimited stage small cell lung cancerStage small cell lung cancerAppropriate adjuvant chemotherapyInitial surgical resectionMultivariable Cox modelNegative lymph nodesNode-positive patientsPositive lymph nodesCox multivariable analysisSubset of patientsKaplan-Meier analysisMonths of resectionHazard of deathAdjuvant chemotherapyCranial radiationBrain metastasesPreoperative chemotherapy
2017
Local DNA Repair Inhibition for Sustained Radiosensitization of High-Grade Gliomas
King AR, Corso CD, Chen EM, Song E, Bongiorni P, Chen Z, Sundaram RK, Bindra RS, Saltzman WM. Local DNA Repair Inhibition for Sustained Radiosensitization of High-Grade Gliomas. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2017, 16: 1456-1469. PMID: 28566437, PMCID: PMC5545124, DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-16-0788.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-grade gliomasPoor blood-brain barrier penetrationLocal disease progressionBlood-brain barrier penetrationEffect of radiotherapyIntrinsic pontine gliomaTreatment of glioblastomaMol Cancer TherCranial radiationDosing schedulesMultimodal treatmentIntracranial gliomasDisease progressionExtracranial tumorsPontine gliomaAggressive phenotypeRadiotherapy approachesGliomasMinimal toxicityRadiotherapyGlioblastomaBarrier penetrationTreatmentRadiosensitizerChemotherapy
2015
Chemotherapy-only treatment effects on long-term neurocognitive functioning in childhood ALL survivors: a review and meta-analysis
Iyer NS, Balsamo LM, Bracken MB, Kadan-Lottick NS. Chemotherapy-only treatment effects on long-term neurocognitive functioning in childhood ALL survivors: a review and meta-analysis. Blood 2015, 126: 346-353. PMID: 26048910, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-02-627414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term neurocognitive functioningAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaCranial radiationNeurocognitive functioningIntelligence quotientChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaContinuous first remissionSurvivors of childhoodDatabase of AbstractsConfidence intervalsHealthy control groupStandard deviation scoreFine motor domainNeurocognitive domainsReviews of EffectsMEDLINE/PubMedFirst remissionFull-scale intelligence quotientPerformance intelligence quotientLymphoblastic leukemiaInformation processing speedDeviation scoreSD scoreModerate impairmentMultiple neurocognitive domains
2009
Multicenter Phase II Study of Lapatinib in Patients with Brain Metastases from HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Lin N, Diéras V, Paul D, Lossignol D, Christodoulou C, Stemmler H, Roché H, Liu M, Greil R, Ciruelos E, Loibl S, Gori S, Wardley A, Yardley D, Brufsky A, Blum J, Rubin S, Dharan B, Steplewski K, Zembryki D, Oliva C, Roychowdhury D, Paoletti P, Winer E. Multicenter Phase II Study of Lapatinib in Patients with Brain Metastases from HER2-Positive Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2009, 15: 1452-1459. PMID: 19228746, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-08-1080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain metastasesBreast cancerObjective responseVolumetric reductionCNS lesionsNeurologic signsCentral nervous system progressionMulticenter phase II studySmall phase 2 trialHER2-positive breast cancerCombination of lapatinibExtra-CNS diseaseProgressive brain metastasesPhase II studyPrimary end pointPhase 2 trialProgression-free survivalThird of patientsProgressive neurologic signsMajor clinical challengeCNS metastasesCranial radiationEligible patientsEvaluable patientsPrior trastuzumab
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