2023
465 Defining the Immune Profile of Radiation Necrosis Through Single-cell Analysis of Intracranial Lesions
Robert S, Lu B, Arnal-Estape A, Nguyen D, Chiang V. 465 Defining the Immune Profile of Radiation Necrosis Through Single-cell Analysis of Intracranial Lesions. Neurosurgery 2023, 69: 97-98. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002375_465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRadiation necrosisFluorescence-activated cell sortingImmune profileNatural killer (NK) cellsIncidence of radiation necrosisManagement of brain metastasesMetastatic brain tumor patientsMorbid side effectsTreatment of RNRecurrent metastatic diseaseExpression of Foxp3Cytotoxic T cellsInvasive brain biopsyCellular immune profilesInterleukin-7 receptorBrain tumor patientsBrain metastasesMetastatic diseaseMetastatic tumorsImmune landscapeIntraoperative samplesPatient survivalT cellsBrain biopsyIntracranial lesions
2021
Tumor DNA Mutations From Intraparenchymal Brain Metastases Are Detectable in CSF
Cheok SK, Narayan A, Arnal-Estape A, Gettinger S, Goldberg SB, Kluger HM, Nguyen D, Patel A, Chiang V. Tumor DNA Mutations From Intraparenchymal Brain Metastases Are Detectable in CSF. JCO Precision Oncology 2021, 5: 163-172. PMID: 34250381, PMCID: PMC8232069, DOI: 10.1200/po.20.00292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntraparenchymal brain metastasesBrain metastasesCell-free DNAExtracranial tumorsBrain metastasis tissuesProgressive brain metastasesThird of patientsNormal pressure hydrocephalusTumor DNA mutationsPrimary cancer typeAnalysis of CSFSamples of CSFLeptomeningeal diseaseEffective surrogate markerBrain biopsyPressure hydrocephalusLumbar punctureSurrogate markerCancer-associated genesMetastasis tissuesPatientsMetastasisDiscordant responsesRenal cellsGenomic profiling