2023
Selected-Lesion Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SL-SRS) as a Novel Strategy in the Treatment of Patients With Multiple Brain Metastases
Theriault B, Singh C, Yu J, Knisely J, Shepard M, Wegner R, Warnick R, Peker S, Samanci Y, Trifiletti D, Lee C, Yang H, Bernstein K, Kondziolka D, Tripathi M, Mathieu D, Mantziaris G, Pikis S, Sheehan J, Chiang V. Selected-Lesion Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SL-SRS) as a Novel Strategy in the Treatment of Patients With Multiple Brain Metastases. Cureus 2023, 15: e45457. PMID: 37859877, PMCID: PMC10583225, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.45457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole brain radiotherapyInternational Radiosurgery Research FoundationPrior whole brain radiotherapyBrain metastasesStereotactic radiosurgeryCommon reasonAsymptomatic brain metastasesNon-eloquent locationsSystemic treatment optionsMultiple brain metastasesPoor functional statusTreatment of patientsCentral nervous systemAttributable symptomsExtracranial diseaseSystemic therapyUntreated lesionsMedical oncologySystemic diseaseFunctional statusTreatment optionsClinical trialsSingle lesionLesion locationIntracranial lesions
2021
Outcomes of Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Immunotherapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients With Brain Metastases
Uezono H, Nam D, Kluger HM, Sznol M, Hurwitz M, Yu JB, Chiang VL. Outcomes of Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Immunotherapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients With Brain Metastases. American Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 44: 495-501. PMID: 34432667, DOI: 10.1097/coc.0000000000000849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsRCC brain metastasesBrain metastasesRenal cell carcinomaStereotactic radiosurgeryOverall survivalUse of ICIsCentral nervous system toxicityRenal cell carcinoma patientsImpact of immunotherapyLocal control outcomesMedian overall survivalCell carcinoma patientsKaplan-Meier curvesNervous system toxicityBetter median OSLog-rank testMann-Whitney U testMargin doseMedian OSNonimmunotherapy groupSRS doseCheckpoint inhibitorsImmunotherapy groupCarcinoma patientsImpact of tissue heterogeneity correction on Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery of acoustic neuromas.
Peters GW, Tien CJ, Chiang V, Yu J, Hansen JE, Aneja S. Impact of tissue heterogeneity correction on Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery of acoustic neuromas. Journal Of Radiosurgery And SBRT 2021, 7: 207-212. PMID: 33898084, PMCID: PMC8055239.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Outcomes Of Stereotactic Radiosurgery And Immunotherapy In Renal Cell Carcinoma With Brain Metastases
Uezono H, Nam D, Yu J, Chiang V. Outcomes Of Stereotactic Radiosurgery And Immunotherapy In Renal Cell Carcinoma With Brain Metastases. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2020, 108: e734. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.133.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRenal cell carcinomaBrain metastasesCell carcinomaStereotactic radiosurgeryImmunotherapyCarcinomaMetastasisRadiosurgeryEvaluation of First-line Radiosurgery vs Whole-Brain Radiotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases
Rusthoven CG, Yamamoto M, Bernhardt D, Smith DE, Gao D, Serizawa T, Yomo S, Aiyama H, Higuchi Y, Shuto T, Akabane A, Sato Y, Niranjan A, Faramand AM, Lunsford LD, McInerney J, Tuanquin LC, Zacharia BE, Chiang V, Singh C, Yu JB, Braunstein S, Mathieu D, Touchette CJ, Lee CC, Yang HC, Aizer AA, Cagney DN, Chan MD, Kondziolka D, Bernstein K, Silverman JS, Grills IS, Siddiqui ZA, Yuan JC, Sheehan JP, Cordeiro D, Nosaki K, Seto T, Deibert CP, Verma V, Day S, Halasz LM, Warnick RE, Trifiletti DM, Palmer JD, Attia A, Li B, Cifarelli CP, Brown PD, Vargo JA, Combs SE, Kessel KA, Rieken S, Patel S, Guckenberger M, Andratschke N, Kavanagh BD, Robin TP. Evaluation of First-line Radiosurgery vs Whole-Brain Radiotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases. JAMA Oncology 2020, 6: 1028-1037. PMID: 32496550, PMCID: PMC7273318, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.1271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole brain radiotherapyProgression-free survivalSmall-cell lung cancer (SCLC) brain metastasesCell lung cancer brain metastasesCNS progression-free survivalLung cancer brain metastasesPropensity score-matched analysisMedian overall survivalCancer brain metastasesBrain metastasesOverall survivalStereotactic radiosurgeryCentral nervous system (CNS) progression-free survivalMedian CNS progression-free survivalSRS outcomesCentral nervous system progressionSmall cell lung cancerLimited brain metastasesMulticenter cohort studyDisease control statusCell lung cancerSingle-arm trialStandard of careLeptomeningeal progressionWBRT cohortMulti-institutional retrospective review of stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastasis in patients with small cell lung cancer without prior brain-directed radiotherapy.
Miccio JA, Barsky A, Gao S, Verma V, Noticewala SS, Jairam V, Johnson SB, Yu JB, Hansen JE, Aneja S, An Y, Decker RH, Bulent Omay S, Li J, Kurtz GA, Alonso-Basanta M, Lee JYK, Chiang VL, Park HS. Multi-institutional retrospective review of stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastasis in patients with small cell lung cancer without prior brain-directed radiotherapy. Journal Of Radiosurgery And SBRT 2020, 7: 19-27. PMID: 32802575, PMCID: PMC7406345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole brain radiotherapyBrain metastasesOverall survivalNeurologic deathSmall-cell lung cancer (SCLC) brain metastasesCell lung cancer brain metastasesLung cancer brain metastasesSalvage whole brain radiotherapyMulti-institutional retrospective reviewSmall cell lung cancerMost SCLC patientsSCLC brain metastasesTime of SRSMedian overall survivalCancer brain metastasesCell lung cancerIntracranial progressionSCLC patientsUpfront radiosurgeryBrain radiationBrain radiotherapySelect patientsRetrospective reviewLung cancerStereotactic radiosurgery
2019
RADI-34. USE OF LOW-DOSE STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY FOR ADVANCED BRAIN METASTASES
Yang D, Yu J, Chiang V. RADI-34. USE OF LOW-DOSE STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY FOR ADVANCED BRAIN METASTASES. Neuro-Oncology Advances 2019, 1: i28-i28. PMCID: PMC7213353, DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdz014.126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgeryBrain metastasesStereotactic radiosurgeryOverall survivalDisease progressionTime to disease progressionBRAF V600E tumorsMutation-targeted therapiesMedian overall survivalMetastatic melanoma patientsTreat brain metastasesPoor performance statusTumor controlMelanoma patientsSystemic therapyAdvanced diseasePerformance statusRe-treatmentTesticular cancerComposite endpointMetastasisSystemic agentsStudy exitImmunotherapyPatientsP69 Impact of Radiotherapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery on Survival for Children and Adolescents: a Retrospective Population-based Study
Mahal A, Yu J. P69 Impact of Radiotherapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery on Survival for Children and Adolescents: a Retrospective Population-based Study. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2019, 103: e48. DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(19)30519-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
A Pilot/Phase II Study of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases Using Rational Dose Selection
Yu J, Singh C, Bindra R, Contessa J, Husain Z, Hansen J, Park H, Roberts K, Bond J, Tien C, Guo F, Colaco R, Housri N, Magnuson W, Omay B, Chiang V. A Pilot/Phase II Study of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases Using Rational Dose Selection. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2018, 102: e372-e373. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.1113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhase II studyRational dose selectionBrain metastasesII studyDose selectionStereotactic radiosurgeryMetastasisRadiosurgery
2016
Ceritinib enables stereotactic radiosurgery to a previously untreatable symptomatic brain metastasis in a patient with ALK rearranged non-small cell lung cancer
Qian J, Yu J, Gettinger S, Chiang V. Ceritinib enables stereotactic radiosurgery to a previously untreatable symptomatic brain metastasis in a patient with ALK rearranged non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Treatment And Research Communications 2016, 6: 17-19. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrc.2016.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerAnaplastic lymphoma kinaseWhole-brain radiation therapySymptomatic brain metastasesBrain radiation therapyCell lung cancerBrain metastasesStereotactic radiosurgerySystemic therapyLung cancerRadiation therapyActive small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitorLarge symptomatic brain metastasisNext-generation ALK inhibitorsSmall molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitorsYear old Caucasian femaleMolecule tyrosine kinase inhibitorsGeneration ALK inhibitorsALK inhibitor crizotinibOld Caucasian femaleKey driver mutationsTyrosine kinase inhibitorsLocal therapyInhibitor crizotinibALK inhibitors
2014
BM-10SYSTEMIC TREATMENT AND RADIATION NECROSIS FOLLOWING GKSRS IN THE TREATMENT OF BRAIN METASTASES
Colaco R, Martin P, Bond J, Bindra R, Contessa J, Kluger H, Yu J, Chiang V. BM-10SYSTEMIC TREATMENT AND RADIATION NECROSIS FOLLOWING GKSRS IN THE TREATMENT OF BRAIN METASTASES. Neuro-Oncology 2014, 16: v34-v34. PMCID: PMC4217910, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou240.10.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Stereotactic Radiosurgery Versus Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Whole Brain Radiation Therapy for 1-3 Brain Metastases
Lester-Coll N, Dosoretz A, Yu J. Stereotactic Radiosurgery Versus Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Whole Brain Radiation Therapy for 1-3 Brain Metastases. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2013, 87: s177. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.06.458.Peer-Reviewed Original Research