2019
Defining an Intermediate-risk Group for Low-grade Glioma: A National Cancer Database Analysis
JAIRAM V, KANN BH, PARK HS, MICCIO JA, BECKTA JM, YU JB, PRABHU RS, GAO SJ, MEHTA MP, CURRAN WJ, BINDRA RS, CONTESSA JN, PATEL KR. Defining an Intermediate-risk Group for Low-grade Glioma: A National Cancer Database Analysis. Anticancer Research 2019, 39: 2911-2918. PMID: 31177129, DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.13420.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntermediate-risk groupInferior overall survivalOverall survivalAdjuvant therapyLow-grade gliomasTumor sizePrognostic featuresMultivariate analysisPre-operative tumor sizeNational Cancer Database AnalysisNational Cancer DatabaseLow-risk patientsCohort of patientsKaplan-Meier methodPoor prognostic featuresGross total resectionHigh-risk groupPatterns of careAdditional prognostic featuresRTOG 9802Clinical factorsTotal resectionCancer DatabaseRisk groupsClinical classification
2017
Angiotensin receptor blockade: a novel approach for symptomatic radiation necrosis after stereotactic radiosurgery
Chowdhary M, Okwan-Duodu D, Switchenko JM, Press RH, Jhaveri J, Buchwald ZS, Zhong J, Chapman BV, Bindra RS, Contessa JN, Park HS, Yu JB, Decker RH, Olson JJ, Oyesiku NM, Abrams RA, Shu HG, Curran WJ, Crocker IR, Patel KR. Angiotensin receptor blockade: a novel approach for symptomatic radiation necrosis after stereotactic radiosurgery. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2017, 136: 289-298. PMID: 29124649, PMCID: PMC5784434, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-017-2652-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptomatic radiation necrosisOverall survivalStereotactic radiosurgeryIntracranial efficacyRadiation necrosisKaplan-Meier methodLate radiation toxicitySignificant predictive factorsArteriovenous malformation patientsCumulative incidence modelsIntracranial outcomesBaseline characteristicsBlockade therapyBrain metastasesProspective trialABT groupConsecutive patientsMedian ageMeier methodPreclinical evidencePredictive factorsAVM cohortsRadiation toxicityPrognostic analysisMultivariate analysis