2024
Executive summary of the American Radium Society appropriate use criteria for brain metastases in epidermal growth factor receptor mutated-mutated and ALK-fusion non-small cell lung cancer
Nagpal S, Milano M, Chiang V, Soltys S, Brackett A, Halasz L, Garg A, Sahgal A, Ahluwalia M, Tom M, Palmer J, Knisely J, Chao S, Gephart M, Wang T, Lo S, Chang E. Executive summary of the American Radium Society appropriate use criteria for brain metastases in epidermal growth factor receptor mutated-mutated and ALK-fusion non-small cell lung cancer. Neuro-Oncology 2024, 26: 1195-1212. PMID: 38459978, PMCID: PMC11226873, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noae041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerTyrosine kinase inhibitorsCell lung cancerCentral nervous systemAmerican Radium SocietyALK-fusionBrain metastasesAmerican Radium Society Appropriate Use CriteriaLung cancerSequence of tyrosine kinase inhibitorsALK tyrosine kinase inhibitorsTreatment of brain metastasesEGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitorsWhole-brain RTEpidermal growth factor receptorGrowth factor receptorAppropriate Use CriteriaBrain RTEGFR-mutantRadiotherapyTreatment optionsFactor receptorKinase inhibitorsNervous systemLiterature search
2016
Melanoma Brain Metastasis Pseudoprogression after Pembrolizumab Treatment
Cohen JV, Alomari AK, Vortmeyer AO, Jilaveanu LB, Goldberg SB, Mahajan A, Chiang VL, Kluger HM. Melanoma Brain Metastasis Pseudoprogression after Pembrolizumab Treatment. Cancer Immunology Research 2016, 4: 179-182. PMID: 26701266, PMCID: PMC4881844, DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-15-0160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous systemBrain metastasesActive brain lesionsNew immunomodulating agentsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsRole of immunotherapyPembrolizumab treatmentCheckpoint inhibitorsCNS lesionsReactive astrocytosisImmune suppressionPerilesional edemaInflammatory cellsMicroglial cellsImmunomodulating agentMental statusBrain lesionsHistologic evaluationMost trialsNervous systemCentral enhancementTumor cellsPatientsMetastasisLesions
2015
Lung Cancer Brain Metastases
Goldberg SB, Contessa JN, Omay SB, Chiang V. Lung Cancer Brain Metastases. The Cancer Journal 2015, 21: 398-403. PMID: 26389765, DOI: 10.1097/ppo.0000000000000146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cancer brain metastasesCancer brain metastasesBrain metastasesCentral nervous systemLung cancerSystemic therapyNervous systemIntracranial disease burdenOverall cancer prognosisSystemic therapy optionsExtracranial diseaseSelect patientsLocal therapySignificant morbidityTumor histologyIntracranial metastasesTherapy optionsDisease burdenSurgical techniqueAppropriate treatmentDurable benefitEffective treatmentCancer prognosisPatientsMetastasis
2014
Mass Effect
Chiang V, Awad I. Mass Effect. 2014, 1007-1008. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385157-4.00765-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMass effectSuch mass lesionsDisturbance of consciousnessTreatment of choiceCompression of vesselsCentral nervous systemCerebrospinal fluid flowSecondary hydrocephalusVisual obscurationsMass lesionSurgical removalVascular lesionsGeneral symptomsIntracranial pressureExtrinsic pathologiesSpecific symptomsNervous systemNeuronal tissueLesionsSymptomsPossible obstructionFocal distortionVomitingHematomaIschemia