2024
Practical guidance for direct oral anticoagulant use in the treatment of venous thromboembolism in primary and metastatic brain tumor patients
Ranjan S, Leung D, Ghiaseddin A, Taylor J, Lobbous M, Dhawan A, Budhu J, Coffee E, Melnick K, Chowdhary S, Lu‐Emerson C, Kurz S, Burke J, Lam K, Patel M, Dunbar E, Mohile N, Peters K. Practical guidance for direct oral anticoagulant use in the treatment of venous thromboembolism in primary and metastatic brain tumor patients. Cancer 2024, 130: 1577-1589. PMID: 38288941, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDirect oral anticoagulantsLow-molecular-weight heparinVenous thromboembolismIntracranial hemorrhageBrain tumorsEfficacy of direct oral anticoagulantsMetastatic brain tumor patientsRisk of intracranial hemorrhageTreatment of venous thromboembolismManagement of venous thromboembolismMetastatic brain tumorsOral anticoagulant useTreat venous thromboembolismOff-label useBrain tumor patientsBrain metastasesOral anticoagulantsAnticoagulant useTumor patientsClinical trialsPatientsClinical guidanceThromboembolismGlioblastomaHeparin
2019
Epilepsy and Anticonvulsant Therapy in Brain Tumor Patients
Kurz S, Schiff D, Wen P. Epilepsy and Anticonvulsant Therapy in Brain Tumor Patients. 2019, 717-728. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-04152-6_39.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain tumor patientsTumor patientsTumor locationAntiepileptic drugsFavorable side effect profileBrain tumorsSide effect profileAntiepileptic drug therapyHistory of seizuresFocal symptomatic epilepsyGlioneuronal tumorTumor histologyEffect profileAnticonvulsant therapyDrug therapySymptomatic epilepsySymptomatic treatmentTumorPatientsSeizure riskQuality of lifeIncreasing experienceSeizuresAnticonvulsant agentsTherapy