2020
Multi-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
2015
Lung Cancer Brain Metastases
Goldberg SB, Contessa JN, Omay SB, Chiang V. Lung Cancer Brain Metastases. The Cancer Journal 2015, 21: 398-403. PMID: 26389765, DOI: 10.1097/ppo.0000000000000146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cancer brain metastasesCancer brain metastasesBrain metastasesCentral nervous systemLung cancerSystemic therapyNervous systemIntracranial disease burdenOverall cancer prognosisSystemic therapy optionsExtracranial diseaseSelect patientsLocal therapySignificant morbidityTumor histologyIntracranial metastasesTherapy optionsDisease burdenSurgical techniqueAppropriate treatmentDurable benefitEffective treatmentCancer prognosisPatientsMetastasis