2023
PACS-Integrated Tools for Peritumoral Edema Volumetrics Provide Additional Information to RANO-BM-Based Assessment of Lung Cancer Brain Metastases after Stereotactic Radiotherapy: A Pilot Study
Kaur M, Petersen G, Jekel L, von Reppert M, Varghese S, de Oliveira Santo I, Avesta A, Aneja S, Omuro A, Chiang V, Aboian M. PACS-Integrated Tools for Peritumoral Edema Volumetrics Provide Additional Information to RANO-BM-Based Assessment of Lung Cancer Brain Metastases after Stereotactic Radiotherapy: A Pilot Study. Cancers 2023, 15: 4822. PMID: 37835516, PMCID: PMC10571649, DOI: 10.3390/cancers15194822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-SRTStereotactic radiotherapyLung cancer brain metastasesCancer brain metastasesPost-contrast T1-weighted imagesSignificant clinical symptomsContrast-enhancing tumorT1-weighted imagesCritical additional informationEdema changesBrain metastasesClinical symptomsCare treatmentHyperintense volumeEdema assessmentLesion changesLesion sizeEdemaDifferent timepointsPilot studyRadiotherapyLesionsVolumetric changesAdditional informationMETS
2022
Combination laser interstitial thermal therapy plus stereotactic radiotherapy increases time to progression for biopsy-proven recurrent brain metastases
Grabowski MM, Srinivasan ES, Vaios EJ, Sankey EW, Otvos B, Krivosheya D, Scott A, Olufawo M, Ma J, Fomchenko EI, Herndon JE, Kim AH, Chiang VL, Chen CC, Leuthardt EC, Barnett GH, Kirkpatrick JP, Mohammadi AM, Fecci PE. Combination laser interstitial thermal therapy plus stereotactic radiotherapy increases time to progression for biopsy-proven recurrent brain metastases. Neuro-Oncology Advances 2022, 4: vdac086. PMID: 35795470, PMCID: PMC9248774, DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdac086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaser interstitial thermal therapyRecurrent brain metastasesBrain metastasis recurrenceKarnofsky performance statusBrain metastasesStereotactic radiotherapyLesion progressionInterstitial thermal therapyMetastasis recurrenceEfficacy of LITTNeuro-Oncology Brain Metastases criteriaSRT failurePercent of patientsAcademic medical centerContrast-enhancing volumeMetastasis (TNM) criteriaOpen resectionPerformance statusProspective trialMedian timeRetrospective studyTumor recurrenceInclusion criteriaMedical CenterEffective treatment