2023
Selected-Lesion SRS as a Novel Strategy in Treatment of Patients with Multiple Brain Metastases
Singh C, Theriault B, An Y, 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 SRS as a Novel Strategy in Treatment of Patients with Multiple Brain Metastases. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2023, 117: e150-e151. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.971.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole-brain radiation therapyTreatment of patientsSystemic diseaseBrain metastasesLesion locationIntracranial lesionsPrior whole-brain radiation therapyMultiple brain metastasesBrain radiation therapyUntreated brain metastasesBrain metastasis treatmentCurrent practice patternsSigns/symptomsPresence of symptomsMATERIAL/METHODSImmunotherapy optionsSystemic therapyUntreated lesionsMedical oncologyPerilesional edemaDrug optionsClinical trialsPractice patternsClinical indicationsMetastasis treatmentSelected-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
2018
Breast cancer patients with brain metastasis undergoing GKRS
Abu-Khalaf M, Muralikrishnan S, Hatzis C, Canchi D, Yu JB, Chiang V. Breast cancer patients with brain metastasis undergoing GKRS. Breast Cancer 2018, 26: 147-153. PMID: 30182250, DOI: 10.1007/s12282-018-0903-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole-brain radiation therapyGamma knife radiosurgeryKarnofsky performance statusBrain metastasesOverall survivalBackgroundBreast cancerSurgical resectionTime of GKRSFirst gamma knife radiosurgeryFirst GKRS treatmentBrain radiation therapyBreast cancer patientsComprehensive cancer centerGKRS treatmentNeurocognitive preservationResultsMedian agePerformance statusMethodsThe recordsNeurological deathSuch patientsMultivariable analysisRetrospective studySurvival outcomesSystemic diseaseCancer CenterMulti-institutional competing risks analysis of distant brain failure and salvage patterns after upfront radiosurgery without whole brain radiotherapy for brain metastasis
McTyre E, Ayala-Peacock D, Contessa J, Corso C, Chiang V, Chung C, Fiveash J, Ahluwalia M, Kotecha R, Chao S, Attia A, Henson A, Hepel J, Braunstein S, Chan M. Multi-institutional competing risks analysis of distant brain failure and salvage patterns after upfront radiosurgery without whole brain radiotherapy for brain metastasis. Annals Of Oncology 2018, 29: 497-503. PMID: 29161348, DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx740.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistant brain failureWhole brain radiotherapyUpfront stereotactic radiosurgerySalvage whole brain radiotherapySalvage stereotactic radiosurgeryBrain metastasesStereotactic radiosurgerySystemic diseaseMultivariate analysisBrain radiotherapyBrain failureDecreased hazardMelanoma histologyProgressive systemic diseaseWidespread systemic diseaseSystemic disease statusLower KPSSRS doseUpfront radiosurgeryIncreased hazardCompeting Risk AnalysisEarly deathAcademic centersPatientsMetastasis
2011
Implications of Identifying Additional Cerebral Metastases during Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Patel TR, Ozturk AK, Knisely JP, Chiang VL. Implications of Identifying Additional Cerebral Metastases during Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. International Journal Of Surgical Oncology 2011, 2012: 748284. PMID: 22312543, PMCID: PMC3265271, DOI: 10.1155/2012/748284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMagnetic resonance imagingNumber of metastasesAdditional metastasesGamma knife radiosurgeryGK-SRSCerebral metastasesAdditional lesionsKnife radiosurgeryProgressive systemic diseaseTreatment magnetic resonance imagingKaplan-Meier analysisImportant prognostic informationMedian survivalRetrospective reviewIntracranial metastasesSystemic diseasePrognostic informationMetastasisPatientsResonance imagingLesionsRadiosurgeryMonthsDaysDisease