2013
Secondary Neoplasms After Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Patel TR, Chiang VL. Secondary Neoplasms After Stereotactic Radiosurgery. World Neurosurgery 2013, 81: 594-599. PMID: 24148883, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.10.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStereotactic radiosurgerySecondary neoplasmsCentral nervous system diseaseLong-term surveillance imagingNervous system diseasesRadiation-induced neoplasmsLong-term riskInitial diagnosisSurveillance imagingVestibular schwannomaTreatment paradigmSubsequent riskSystem diseasesNeoplasmsMedical radiationRadiation exposureRadiosurgeryRiskPatientsSchwannomaYearsDiseaseDiagnosisAdvances in therapy for melanoma brain metastases
Flanigan JC, Jilaveanu LB, Chiang VL, Kluger HM. Advances in therapy for melanoma brain metastases. Clinics In Dermatology 2013, 31: 264-281. PMID: 23608446, DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2012.08.008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Implications of Identifying Additional Cerebral Metastases during Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Patel TR, Ozturk AK, Knisely JP, Chiang VL. Implications of Identifying Additional Cerebral Metastases during Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. International Journal Of Surgical Oncology 2011, 2012: 748284. PMID: 22312543, PMCID: PMC3265271, DOI: 10.1155/2012/748284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMagnetic resonance imagingNumber of metastasesAdditional metastasesGamma knife radiosurgeryGK-SRSCerebral metastasesAdditional lesionsKnife radiosurgeryProgressive systemic diseaseTreatment magnetic resonance imagingKaplan-Meier analysisImportant prognostic informationMedian survivalRetrospective reviewIntracranial metastasesSystemic diseasePrognostic informationMetastasisPatientsResonance imagingLesionsRadiosurgeryMonthsDaysDisease