2023
Selected-Lesion Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SL-SRS) as a Novel Strategy in the Treatment of Patients With Multiple Brain Metastases
Theriault B, Singh C, Yu J, Knisely J, Shepard M, Wegner R, Warnick R, Peker S, Samanci Y, Trifiletti D, Lee C, Yang H, Bernstein K, Kondziolka D, Tripathi M, Mathieu D, Mantziaris G, Pikis S, Sheehan J, Chiang V. Selected-Lesion Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SL-SRS) as a Novel Strategy in the Treatment of Patients With Multiple Brain Metastases. Cureus 2023, 15: e45457. PMID: 37859877, PMCID: PMC10583225, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.45457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole brain radiotherapyInternational Radiosurgery Research FoundationPrior whole brain radiotherapyBrain metastasesStereotactic radiosurgeryCommon reasonAsymptomatic brain metastasesNon-eloquent locationsSystemic treatment optionsMultiple brain metastasesPoor functional statusTreatment of patientsCentral nervous systemAttributable symptomsExtracranial diseaseSystemic therapyUntreated lesionsMedical oncologySystemic diseaseFunctional statusTreatment optionsClinical trialsSingle lesionLesion locationIntracranial lesions
2021
Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study of the International Radiosurgery Research Foundation (IRRF)
Cifarelli C, Vargo J, Fang W, Liscak R, Guseynova K, Warnick R, Lee C, Yang H, Borghei-Razavi H, Maiti T, Siddiqui Z, Yuan J, Grills I, Mathieu D, Touchette C, Cordeiro D, Chiang V, Hess J, Tien C, Faramand A, Kano H, Barnett G, Sheehan J, Lunsford L. Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study of the International Radiosurgery Research Foundation (IRRF). Neurosurgery 2021, 89: s20-s20. DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyz428_s020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternational Radiosurgery Research FoundationSmall cell lung cancerInstitutional retrospective studyCell lung cancerGamma knife radiosurgeryRetrospective studyLung cancerKnife radiosurgery
2019
Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study of the International Radiosurgery Research Foundation (IRRF)
Cifarelli CP, Vargo JA, Fang W, Liscak R, Guseynova K, Warnick RE, Lee CC, Yang HC, Borghei-Razavi H, Maiti T, Siddiqui ZA, Yuan JC, Grills IS, Mathieu D, Touchette CJ, Cordeiro D, Chiang V, Hess J, Tien CJ, Faramand A, Kano H, Barnett GH, Sheehan JP, Lunsford LD. Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study of the International Radiosurgery Research Foundation (IRRF). Neurosurgery 2019, 87: 664-671. PMID: 31599324, PMCID: PMC7780439, DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyz428.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall cell lung cancerWhole-brain irradiationSCLC brain metastasesInternational Radiosurgery Research FoundationDistant brain failureBrain metastasesOverall survivalStereotactic radiosurgerySCLC patientsBrain failureLung cancerPrior whole-brain irradiationMulti-institutional retrospective reviewKaplan-Meier survival analysisCox proportional hazards modelLocal failureProphylactic cranial irradiationInstitutional retrospective studyMedian marginal doseOngoing prospective trialsCell lung cancerGamma knife radiosurgeryInstitutional review boardValue of radiosurgeryBinary logistic regressionHemorrhage risk of cerebral dural arteriovenous fistulas following Gamma Knife radiosurgery in a multicenter international consortium.
Starke RM, McCarthy DJ, Chen CJ, Kano H, McShane BJ, Lee J, Patibandla MR, Mathieu D, Vasas LT, Kaufmann AM, Wang WG, Grills IS, Cifarelli CP, Paisan G, Vargo J, Chytka T, Janouskova L, Feliciano CE, Sujijantarat N, Matouk C, Chiang V, Hess J, Rodriguez-Mercado R, Tonetti DA, Lunsford LD, Sheehan JP. Hemorrhage risk of cerebral dural arteriovenous fistulas following Gamma Knife radiosurgery in a multicenter international consortium. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2019, 132: 1209-1217. PMID: 30875690, PMCID: PMC6745287, DOI: 10.3171/2018.12.jns182208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCerebral dural arteriovenous fistulasDural arteriovenous fistulaGamma knife radiosurgeryCortical venous drainageEndovascular treatmentArteriovenous fistulaKnife radiosurgeryRisk factorsAnnual riskLatency periodType 2Multivariate analysisInternational Radiosurgery Research FoundationCohort of patientsNumber of hemorrhagesOverall annual riskPosttreatment hemorrhage rateIndependent predictorsRadiological confirmationHemorrhage rateHemorrhage riskHemorrhagic rateVenous drainageNeural deficitsHigh risk