2022
Graded Prognostic Assessment (GPA) for Patients With Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases: Initial Report of the Small Cell Lung Cancer GPA and Update of the Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer GPA Including the Effect of Programmed Death Ligand 1 and Other Prognostic Factors
Sperduto PW, De B, Li J, Carpenter D, Kirkpatrick J, Milligan M, Shih HA, Kutuk T, Kotecha R, Higaki H, Otsuka M, Aoyama H, Bourgoin M, Roberge D, Dajani S, Sachdev S, Gainey J, Buatti JM, Breen W, Brown PD, Ni L, Braunstein S, Gallitto M, Wang TJC, Shanley R, Lou E, Shiao J, Gaspar LE, Tanabe S, Nakano T, An Y, Chiang V, Zeng L, Soliman H, Elhalawani H, Cagney D, Thomas E, Boggs DH, Ahluwalia MS, Mehta MP. Graded Prognostic Assessment (GPA) for Patients With Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases: Initial Report of the Small Cell Lung Cancer GPA and Update of the Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer GPA Including the Effect of Programmed Death Ligand 1 and Other Prognostic Factors. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2022, 114: 60-74. PMID: 35331827, PMCID: PMC9378572, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.03.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerSmall cell lung cancerGraded Prognostic AssessmentBrain metastasesSignificant prognostic factorsPrognostic factorsDeath ligand 1Cell lung cancerLung cancerPD-L1Lung adenocarcinomaMedian survivalNSCLC adenocarcinomaPrognostic assessmentInitial reportMulti-institutional retrospective databaseProgrammed Death Ligand 1PD-L1 1Tumor molecular statusOverall median survivalPD-L1 expressionLigand 1Anaplastic lymphoma kinaseEpidermal growth factor receptorGrowth factor receptor
2021
Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study of the International Radiosurgery Research Foundation (IRRF)
Cifarelli C, Vargo J, Fang W, Liscak R, Guseynova K, Warnick R, Lee C, Yang H, Borghei-Razavi H, Maiti T, Siddiqui Z, Yuan J, Grills I, Mathieu D, Touchette C, Cordeiro D, Chiang V, Hess J, Tien C, Faramand A, Kano H, Barnett G, Sheehan J, Lunsford L. Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study of the International Radiosurgery Research Foundation (IRRF). Neurosurgery 2021, 89: s20-s20. DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyz428_s020.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Evaluation 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
Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study of the International Radiosurgery Research Foundation (IRRF)
Cifarelli CP, Vargo JA, Fang W, Liscak R, Guseynova K, Warnick RE, Lee CC, Yang HC, Borghei-Razavi H, Maiti T, Siddiqui ZA, Yuan JC, Grills IS, Mathieu D, Touchette CJ, Cordeiro D, Chiang V, Hess J, Tien CJ, Faramand A, Kano H, Barnett GH, Sheehan JP, Lunsford LD. Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study of the International Radiosurgery Research Foundation (IRRF). Neurosurgery 2019, 87: 664-671. PMID: 31599324, PMCID: PMC7780439, DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyz428.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall cell lung cancerWhole-brain irradiationSCLC brain metastasesInternational Radiosurgery Research FoundationDistant brain failureBrain metastasesOverall survivalStereotactic radiosurgerySCLC patientsBrain failureLung cancerPrior whole-brain irradiationMulti-institutional retrospective reviewKaplan-Meier survival analysisCox proportional hazards modelLocal failureProphylactic cranial irradiationInstitutional retrospective studyMedian marginal doseOngoing prospective trialsCell lung cancerGamma knife radiosurgeryInstitutional review boardValue of radiosurgeryBinary logistic regression
2016
Deferring Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases in Patients With EGFR-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Analysis
Magnuson W, Amini A, Patil T, Kavanagh B, Camidge D, Braunstein S, Boreta L, Attia A, Rana N, Contessa J, Gettinger S, Lester-Coll N, Yu J, Chiang V. Deferring Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases in Patients With EGFR-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Analysis. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2016, 96: s57-s58. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.149.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImpact of Deferring Radiation Therapy in Patients With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Who Develop Brain Metastases
Magnuson WJ, Yeung JT, Guillod PD, Gettinger SN, Yu JB, Chiang VL. Impact of Deferring Radiation Therapy in Patients With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Who Develop Brain Metastases. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2016, 95: 673-679. PMID: 27034176, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.01.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole-brain radiation therapyUpfront EGFR-TKIIntracranial progression-free survivalUpfront radiation therapyProgression-free survivalBrain metastasesEGFR-TKI groupEGFR-TKIEGFR-mutant NSCLCOverall survivalRadiation therapyEpidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Mutant NonDisease-specific Graded Prognostic AssessmentUpfront EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitorsEGFR-TKI resistance mutationSmall cell lung cancerEGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitorsEGFR-TKI useMedian overall survivalSimilar overall survivalUpfront RT groupInferior overall survivalCell lung cancerMutant lung adenocarcinomaEpidermal growth factor receptor
2009
Diagnosis-Specific Prognostic Factors, Indexes, and Treatment Outcomes for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 4,259 Patients
Sperduto PW, Chao ST, Sneed PK, Luo X, Suh J, Roberge D, Bhatt A, Jensen AW, Brown PD, Shih H, Kirkpatrick J, Schwer A, Gaspar LE, Fiveash JB, Chiang V, Knisely J, Sperduto CM, Mehta M. Diagnosis-Specific Prognostic Factors, Indexes, and Treatment Outcomes for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 4,259 Patients. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2009, 77: 655-661. PMID: 19942357, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedAnalysis of VarianceBrain NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCarcinoma, Renal CellCombined Modality TherapyGastrointestinal NeoplasmsHumansKarnofsky Performance StatusKidney NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsMelanomaMiddle AgedPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSelection BiasSkin NeoplasmsSmall Cell Lung CarcinomaTreatment OutcomeConceptsSignificant prognostic factorsKarnofsky performance statusDiagnosis-specific prognostic factorsNumber of BMSmall cell lung cancerBrain metastasesPrognostic factorsCell lung cancerLung cancerPerformance statusBM patientsRandomized trialsGastrointestinal cancerOnly significant prognostic factorRecurrent brain metastasesFuture randomized trialsRenal cell cancerDS-GPA scoreRenal cell carcinomaExtracranial metastasesMedian survivalCell cancerHistologic typePrognostic indexCell carcinoma