2019
Results of a pilot/phase II study of gamma knife radiosurgery for brain metastases and implications for future prospective clinical trials
Yu J, Singh C, Bindra R, Contessa J, Husain Z, Hansen J, Park H, Roberts K, Bond J, Tien C, Guo F, Colaco R, Housri N, Magnuson W, Mahajan A, Omay S, Chiang V. Results of a pilot/phase II study of gamma knife radiosurgery for brain metastases and implications for future prospective clinical trials. Journal Of Radiation Oncology 2019, 8: 39-46. DOI: 10.1007/s13566-018-0370-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchYale-New Haven HospitalPhase II studyBrain metastasesClinical trialsII studyKnife radiosurgeryLocal controlPre-defined primary endpointWhole-brain radiation treatmentFuture prospective clinical trialsEvaluable brain metastasesSymptomatic radiation necrosisMedian patient ageLocal control ratePhase 2 studyGood local controlProspective clinical trialsNumber of metastasesLarge clinical trialsProportional hazards regressionFuture clinical trialsGamma knife radiosurgeryImportant clinical variablesStandard clinical practiceNew Haven Hospital
2011
Survival outcomes in atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor for patients undergoing radiotherapy in a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results analysis
Buscariollo DL, Park HS, Roberts KB, Yu JB. Survival outcomes in atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor for patients undergoing radiotherapy in a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results analysis. Cancer 2011, 118: 4212-4219. PMID: 22213196, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtypical teratoid rhabdoid tumorMedian overall survivalOverall survivalRT useLandmark analysisRhabdoid tumorRare central nervous system malignanciesNational Cancer Institute's SurveillanceCentral nervous system malignanciesCox proportional hazards modelRole of radiotherapyEnd Results (SEER) databaseEnd Results analysisSignificant survival benefitProspective clinical trialsGross total resectionPatients ages 4Nervous system malignanciesImmortal time biasProportional hazards modelLong-term survivorshipAdjuvant radiotherapyInitial radiotherapyPrimary endpointInitial management