Postoperative Radiotherapy Patterns of Care and Survival Implications for Medulloblastoma in Young Children
Kann BH, Park HS, Lester-Coll NH, Yeboa DN, Benitez V, Khan AJ, Bindra RS, Marks AM, Roberts KB. Postoperative Radiotherapy Patterns of Care and Survival Implications for Medulloblastoma in Young Children. JAMA Oncology 2016, 2: 1574-1581. PMID: 27491009, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.2547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative radiotherapyOverall survivalMultivariable logistic regressionNational Cancer Data BaseLogistic regressionAdjuvant chemotherapy strategyLow facility volumeNational treatment patternsMultivariable Cox regressionLong-term morbidityYear of diagnosisDay of surgeryKaplan-Meier analysisNational database analysisPoor overall survivalLog-rank testYoung childrenAge 3Adjuvant chemotherapyRadiotherapy patternsRadiotherapy utilizationWorse survivalDistant metastasisMultivariable analysisTreatment patternsThe impact of cobalt-60 source age on biologically effective dose in high-dose functional Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
Kann BH, Yu JB, Stahl JM, Bond JE, Loiselle C, Chiang VL, Bindra RS, Gerrard JL, Carlson DJ. The impact of cobalt-60 source age on biologically effective dose in high-dose functional Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2016, 125: 154-159. PMID: 27903196, DOI: 10.3171/2016.6.gks161497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCobalt RadioisotopesHumansRadiosurgeryRadiotherapy DosageRelative Biological EffectivenessConceptsTrigeminal neuralgiaGKRS treatmentObsessive-compulsive disorderTN managementEffective doseRefractory obsessive-compulsive disorderGamma Knife radiosurgery proceduresStudy of patientsGamma knife radiosurgeryRates of toxicitySingle-fraction dosesStudy of outcomesNerve ablationSerious sequelaePrescription dosesKnife radiosurgeryPrescription doseClinical studiesConclusion UseGKRSDose prescriptionGy/minRepair halftimeTreatment timeAuthors' department