2020
Beyond an Updated Graded Prognostic Assessment (Breast GPA): A Prognostic Index and Trends in Treatment and Survival in Breast Cancer Brain Metastases From 1985 to Today
Sperduto PW, Mesko S, Li J, Cagney D, Aizer A, Lin NU, Nesbit E, Kruser TJ, Chan J, Braunstein S, Lee J, Kirkpatrick JP, Breen W, Brown PD, Shi D, Shih HA, Soliman H, Sahgal A, Shanley R, Sperduto W, Lou E, Everett A, Boggs DH, Masucci L, Roberge D, Remick J, Plichta K, Buatti JM, Jain S, Gaspar LE, Wu CC, Wang TJC, Bryant J, Chuong M, Yu J, Chiang V, Nakano T, Aoyama H, Mehta MP. Beyond an Updated Graded Prognostic Assessment (Breast GPA): A Prognostic Index and Trends in Treatment and Survival in Breast Cancer Brain Metastases From 1985 to Today. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2020, 107: 334-343. PMID: 32084525, PMCID: PMC7276246, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.01.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis-specific prognostic factorsHuman epidermal receptor 2Prognostic factorsMedian survivalBreast-GPABrain metastasesBreast cancerCohort BCohort APrognostic indexReceptor 2Tumor subtypesBreast cancer brain metastasesKaplan-Meier survival estimatesCancer brain metastasesGraded Prognostic AssessmentKarnofsky performance statusLarge contemporary cohortLog-rank testFuture clinical trialsNew prognostic factorsGPA 0Extracranial metastasesPerformance statusBetter prognosis
2014
Decision Analysis of Stereotactic Radiation Surgery Versus Stereotactic Radiation Surgery and Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy for 1 to 3 Brain Metastases
Lester-Coll N, Dosoretz A, Yu J. Decision Analysis of Stereotactic Radiation Surgery Versus Stereotactic Radiation Surgery and Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy for 1 to 3 Brain Metastases. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2014, 89: 563-568. PMID: 24751412, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole-brain radiation therapyStereotactic radiation surgeryQuality-adjusted life monthsQuality-adjusted life expectancyAdjuvant whole-brain radiation therapyBrain metastasesRadiation therapyRadiation surgeryPerformance statusOmission of whole-brain radiation therapyCompare quality-adjusted life expectancySalvage whole brain radiation therapySurveillance magnetic resonance imagingSide effectsQuality of lifeMarkov decision analysis modelControl intracranial diseaseIntracranial tumor controlPoor performance statusCohort of patientsNeurocognitive side effectsOne-way sensitivity analysesKarnofsky performance statusIntracranial progressionIntracranial relapse