2018
Quality of life outcomes for brain metastasis patients treated with stereotactic radiosurgery: pre-procedural predictive factors from a prospective national registry.
Sheehan JP, Grills I, Chiang VL, Dong H, Berg A, Warnick RE, Kondziolka D, Kavanagh B. Quality of life outcomes for brain metastasis patients treated with stereotactic radiosurgery: pre-procedural predictive factors from a prospective national registry. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2018, 131: 1848-1854. PMID: 30579284, DOI: 10.3171/2018.8.jns181599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of lifeBrain metastasis patientsBrain metastasesStereotactic radiosurgeryMetastasis patientsEarly stereotactic radiosurgeryPre-procedural factorsProspective national registryPain/discomfortKarnofsky Performance Scale statusAnxiety/depressionMultivariate linear regression modelRadiological responseInitial presentationPatients' qualityMale sexPredictive factorsNational registryTreatment attributesMedical treatmentPatientsMetastasisSubscoresLife outcomesLife factors
2011
A Comprehensive Review of MR Imaging Changes following Radiosurgery to 500 Brain Metastases
Patel TR, McHugh BJ, Bi WL, Minja FJ, Knisely JP, Chiang VL. A Comprehensive Review of MR Imaging Changes following Radiosurgery to 500 Brain Metastases. American Journal Of Neuroradiology 2011, 32: 1885-1892. PMID: 21920854, PMCID: PMC7966021, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a2668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain metastasesMedian survivalMetastatic lesionsLesion sizeMost metastatic lesionsMR imaging changesPercent of lesionsInitial treatment volumeSystemic cancer therapyInitial lesion sizeIntracranial metastatic lesionsGK-SRSLesional responsePatient demographicsRadiographic responseInitial treatmentImaging changesMale sexTumor sizeLesion volumeStereotactic radiosurgeryTreatment dosePatientsLesionsRadiosurgery