2013
Survival and Intracranial Control of Patients With 5 or More Brain Metastases Treated With Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Raldow AC, Chiang VL, Knisely JP, Yu JB. Survival and Intracranial Control of Patients With 5 or More Brain Metastases Treated With Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery. American Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2013, 36: 486-490. PMID: 22706180, DOI: 10.1097/coc.0b013e31825494ef.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKarnofsky performance statusMore brain metastasesMedian overall survivalOverall survivalBrain metastasesRecurrence-free survivalStereotactic radiosurgeryWhole-brain radiation treatmentGamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgeryNumber of metastasesProportional hazards regressionGamma knife treatmentIntracranial controlOnly significant variableFree survivalIntracranial failurePerformance statusHazards regressionSurveillance imagingHistorical controlsDisease progressionRetrospective analysisPatientsFirst treatmentMetastasis
2010
Radiosurgery alone for 5 or more brain metastases: expert opinion survey.
Knisely JP, Yamamoto M, Gross CP, Castrucci WA, Jokura H, Chiang VL. Radiosurgery alone for 5 or more brain metastases: expert opinion survey. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2010, 113 Suppl: 84-9. PMID: 21121790, DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.gks10999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKarnofsky Performance Scale scoreBrain metastasesPerformance Scale scoreStereotactic radiosurgeryClinical factorsScale scoreUse of SRSMore brain metastasesOligometastatic brain metastasesInternational Stereotactic Radiosurgery SocietySystemic disease controlFinal study sampleCharacteristics of physiciansMetastasis locationPatient characteristicsInitial treatmentPhysician characteristicsUnivariate analysisMedian numberClinician's approachMetastasisSRS outcomesSan FranciscoMultivariate analysisDisease control