2022
Graded Prognostic Assessment (GPA) for Patients With Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases: Initial Report of the Small Cell Lung Cancer GPA and Update of the Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer GPA Including the Effect of Programmed Death Ligand 1 and Other Prognostic Factors
Sperduto PW, De B, Li J, Carpenter D, Kirkpatrick J, Milligan M, Shih HA, Kutuk T, Kotecha R, Higaki H, Otsuka M, Aoyama H, Bourgoin M, Roberge D, Dajani S, Sachdev S, Gainey J, Buatti JM, Breen W, Brown PD, Ni L, Braunstein S, Gallitto M, Wang TJC, Shanley R, Lou E, Shiao J, Gaspar LE, Tanabe S, Nakano T, An Y, Chiang V, Zeng L, Soliman H, Elhalawani H, Cagney D, Thomas E, Boggs DH, Ahluwalia MS, Mehta MP. Graded Prognostic Assessment (GPA) for Patients With Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases: Initial Report of the Small Cell Lung Cancer GPA and Update of the Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer GPA Including the Effect of Programmed Death Ligand 1 and Other Prognostic Factors. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2022, 114: 60-74. PMID: 35331827, PMCID: PMC9378572, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.03.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerSmall cell lung cancerGraded Prognostic AssessmentBrain metastasesSignificant prognostic factorsPrognostic factorsDeath ligand 1Cell lung cancerLung cancerPD-L1Lung adenocarcinomaMedian survivalNSCLC adenocarcinomaPrognostic assessmentInitial reportMulti-institutional retrospective databaseProgrammed Death Ligand 1PD-L1 1Tumor molecular statusOverall median survivalPD-L1 expressionLigand 1Anaplastic lymphoma kinaseEpidermal growth factor receptorGrowth factor receptor
2020
Evaluation of First-line Radiosurgery vs Whole-Brain Radiotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases
Rusthoven CG, Yamamoto M, Bernhardt D, Smith DE, Gao D, Serizawa T, Yomo S, Aiyama H, Higuchi Y, Shuto T, Akabane A, Sato Y, Niranjan A, Faramand AM, Lunsford LD, McInerney J, Tuanquin LC, Zacharia BE, Chiang V, Singh C, Yu JB, Braunstein S, Mathieu D, Touchette CJ, Lee CC, Yang HC, Aizer AA, Cagney DN, Chan MD, Kondziolka D, Bernstein K, Silverman JS, Grills IS, Siddiqui ZA, Yuan JC, Sheehan JP, Cordeiro D, Nosaki K, Seto T, Deibert CP, Verma V, Day S, Halasz LM, Warnick RE, Trifiletti DM, Palmer JD, Attia A, Li B, Cifarelli CP, Brown PD, Vargo JA, Combs SE, Kessel KA, Rieken S, Patel S, Guckenberger M, Andratschke N, Kavanagh BD, Robin TP. Evaluation of First-line Radiosurgery vs Whole-Brain Radiotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases. JAMA Oncology 2020, 6: 1028-1037. PMID: 32496550, PMCID: PMC7273318, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.1271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedBrain NeoplasmsCranial IrradiationFemaleHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedRadiosurgeryRetrospective StudiesSmall Cell Lung CarcinomaConceptsWhole brain radiotherapyProgression-free survivalSmall-cell lung cancer (SCLC) brain metastasesCell lung cancer brain metastasesCNS progression-free survivalLung cancer brain metastasesPropensity score-matched analysisMedian overall survivalCancer brain metastasesBrain metastasesOverall survivalStereotactic radiosurgeryCentral nervous system (CNS) progression-free survivalMedian CNS progression-free survivalSRS outcomesCentral nervous system progressionSmall cell lung cancerLimited brain metastasesMulticenter cohort studyDisease control statusCell lung cancerSingle-arm trialStandard of careLeptomeningeal progressionWBRT cohort
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 regression
2009
Diagnosis-Specific Prognostic Factors, Indexes, and Treatment Outcomes for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 4,259 Patients
Sperduto PW, Chao ST, Sneed PK, Luo X, Suh J, Roberge D, Bhatt A, Jensen AW, Brown PD, Shih H, Kirkpatrick J, Schwer A, Gaspar LE, Fiveash JB, Chiang V, Knisely J, Sperduto CM, Mehta M. Diagnosis-Specific Prognostic Factors, Indexes, and Treatment Outcomes for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 4,259 Patients. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2009, 77: 655-661. PMID: 19942357, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedAnalysis of VarianceBrain NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCarcinoma, Renal CellCombined Modality TherapyGastrointestinal NeoplasmsHumansKarnofsky Performance StatusKidney NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsMelanomaMiddle AgedPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSelection BiasSkin NeoplasmsSmall Cell Lung CarcinomaTreatment OutcomeConceptsSignificant prognostic factorsKarnofsky performance statusDiagnosis-specific prognostic factorsNumber of BMSmall cell lung cancerBrain metastasesPrognostic factorsCell lung cancerLung cancerPerformance statusBM patientsRandomized trialsGastrointestinal cancerOnly significant prognostic factorRecurrent brain metastasesFuture randomized trialsRenal cell cancerDS-GPA scoreRenal cell carcinomaExtracranial metastasesMedian survivalCell cancerHistologic typePrognostic indexCell carcinoma