Cumulative Intracranial Tumor Volume Augments the Prognostic Value of Diagnosis-Specific Graded Prognostic Assessment Model for Survival in Patients with Melanoma Cerebral Metastases
Hirshman BR, Wilson BR, Ali MA, Schupper AJ, Proudfoot JA, Goetsch SJ, Carter BS, Sinclair G, Bartek J, Chiang V, Fogarty G, Hong A, Chen CC. Cumulative Intracranial Tumor Volume Augments the Prognostic Value of Diagnosis-Specific Graded Prognostic Assessment Model for Survival in Patients with Melanoma Cerebral Metastases. Neurosurgery 2017, 83: 237-244. PMID: 28973506, DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyx380.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCumulative intracranial tumor volumeIntracranial tumor volumeMelanoma brain metastasesBrain metastasesPrognostic valueDS-GPATumor volumeStereotactic radiosurgeryIndependent cohortKey prognostic variablesPrognostic assessment modelPrognostic assessment scaleKarnofsky performance statusNet reclassification indexCerebral metastasesPerformance statusMelanoma patientsPrognostic utilityIntracranial metastasesReclassification indexPrognostic accuracyPrognostic scalesPrognostic variablesPatientsMelanoma cohort