2024
Pre-operative stereotactic radiosurgery and peri-operative dexamethasone for resectable brain metastases: a two-arm pilot study evaluating clinical outcomes and immunological correlates
Jansen C, Pagadala M, Cardenas M, Prabhu R, Goyal S, Zhou C, Chappa P, Vo B, Ye C, Hopkins B, Zhong J, Klie A, Daniels T, Admassu M, Green I, Pfister N, Neill S, Switchenko J, Prokhnevska N, Hoang K, Torres M, Logan S, Olson J, Nduom E, del Balzo L, Patel K, Burri S, Asher A, Wilkinson S, Lake R, Kesarwala A, Higgins K, Patel P, Dhere V, Sowalsky A, Carter H, Khan M, Kissick H, Buchwald Z. Pre-operative stereotactic radiosurgery and peri-operative dexamethasone for resectable brain metastases: a two-arm pilot study evaluating clinical outcomes and immunological correlates. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 8854. PMID: 39402027, PMCID: PMC11473782, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53034-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-operative stereotactic radiosurgeryCD8 T cellsEffector-like cellsT cellsStereotactic radiosurgeryBrain metastasesCD8 T cell responsesEndpoint of overall survivalDistant brain failureResected brain metastasesEfficacy of immunotherapyT cell responsesAntigen presenting cellsSecondary clinical endpointsLocal recurrenceLeptomeningeal diseaseOverall survivalImmune compositionProspective trialsImmune nichePrimary endpointImmunological correlatesPresenting cellsClinical outcomesPilot study
2021
Abstract PO-041: An immunologic niche of antigen presenting cells and stem-like CD8+ T-cells is present in non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases
Jansen C, del Balzo L, Prabhu R, Logan S, Chappa P, Patel K, Wilkinson S, Lake R, Shu H, Zhong J, Dhere V, Olson J, Sowalsky A, Khan M, Kissick H, Buchwald Z. Abstract PO-041: An immunologic niche of antigen presenting cells and stem-like CD8+ T-cells is present in non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases. Clinical Cancer Research 2021, 27: po-041-po-041. DOI: 10.1158/1557-3265.radsci21-po-041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCD8+ T cellsStem-like CD8+ T cellsNon-small cell lung cancer brain metastasisNon-small cell lung cancerAntigen presenting cellsLung cancer brain metastasisStereotactic radiosurgeryBrain metastasesCancer brain metastasesImmune nicheT cellsPresenting cellsMHC-II+TCF-1CD8+ T cell infiltrationImmunological nichePost-operative stereotactic radiosurgeryPre-operative stereotactic radiosurgeryT cell infiltrationCell lung cancerCohort of patientsCheckpoint blockadePD-1Disease recurrenceGenitourinary malignancies