2019
Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: A Systematic Review
Gallitto M, Lazarev S, Wasserman I, Stafford JM, Wolden SL, Terezakis SA, Bindra RS, Bakst RL. Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: A Systematic Review. Advances In Radiation Oncology 2019, 4: 520-531. PMID: 31360809, PMCID: PMC6639749, DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2019.03.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiffuse intrinsic pontine gliomaIntrinsic pontine gliomaMedian overall survivalOverall survivalRadiation therapyPontine gliomaSystematic reviewSystemic therapyPrimary pediatric brain tumorsMainstay of treatmentSalvage radiation therapyConcomitant systemic therapyPediatric brain tumorsAppropriate treatment approachLarge systematic reviewGreat clinical needDIPG treatmentMedian OSRT regimensRetrospective seriesInitial diagnosisGlioma radiotherapyTreatment strategiesBrain tumorsTreatment approaches
2017
Local DNA Repair Inhibition for Sustained Radiosensitization of High-Grade Gliomas
King AR, Corso CD, Chen EM, Song E, Bongiorni P, Chen Z, Sundaram RK, Bindra RS, Saltzman WM. Local DNA Repair Inhibition for Sustained Radiosensitization of High-Grade Gliomas. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2017, 16: 1456-1469. PMID: 28566437, PMCID: PMC5545124, DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-16-0788.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-grade gliomasPoor blood-brain barrier penetrationLocal disease progressionBlood-brain barrier penetrationEffect of radiotherapyIntrinsic pontine gliomaTreatment of glioblastomaMol Cancer TherCranial radiationDosing schedulesMultimodal treatmentIntracranial gliomasDisease progressionExtracranial tumorsPontine gliomaAggressive phenotypeRadiotherapy approachesGliomasMinimal toxicityRadiotherapyGlioblastomaBarrier penetrationTreatmentRadiosensitizerChemotherapy