2023
Local Control and Survival Outcomes After Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases From Gastrointestinal Primaries: An International Multicenter Analysis
Singh R, Bowden G, Mathieu D, Perlow H, Palmer J, Elhamdani S, Shepard M, Liang Y, Nabeel A, Reda W, Tawadros S, Abdelkarim K, El-Shehaby A, Emad R, Elazzazi A, Warnick R, Gozal Y, Daly M, McShane B, Addis-Jackson M, Karthikeyan G, Smith S, Picozzi P, Franzini A, Kaisman-Elbaz T, Yang H, Wei Z, Legarreta A, Hess J, Templeton K, Pikis S, Mantziaris G, Simonova G, Liscak R, Peker S, Samanci Y, Chiang V, Niranjan A, Kersh C, Lee C, Trifiletti D, Lunsford L, Sheehan J. Local Control and Survival Outcomes After Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases From Gastrointestinal Primaries: An International Multicenter Analysis. Neurosurgery 2023, 93: 592-598. PMID: 36942965, DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKarnofsky performance statusStereotactic radiosurgeryOverall survivalBrain metastasesUnivariate analysisLocal controlGI primaryExtracranial metastasesPrognostic factorsBrain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgeryAssociated with inferior LCAssociated with inferior OSMedian Karnofsky performance statusEvaluate potential prognostic factorsInternational multicenter analysisPlanning target volumePotential prognostic factorsKaplan-Meier analysisOne-yearProportional hazards modelInferior LCInferior OSOS ratesLC ratesGastrointestinal primary
2010
Radiosurgery alone for 5 or more brain metastases: expert opinion survey.
Knisely JP, Yamamoto M, Gross CP, Castrucci WA, Jokura H, Chiang VL. Radiosurgery alone for 5 or more brain metastases: expert opinion survey. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2010, 113 Suppl: 84-9. PMID: 21121790, DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.gks10999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKarnofsky Performance Scale scoreBrain metastasesPerformance Scale scoreStereotactic radiosurgeryClinical factorsScale scoreUse of SRSMore brain metastasesOligometastatic brain metastasesInternational Stereotactic Radiosurgery SocietySystemic disease controlFinal study sampleCharacteristics of physiciansMetastasis locationPatient characteristicsInitial treatmentPhysician characteristicsUnivariate analysisMedian numberClinician's approachMetastasisSRS outcomesSan FranciscoMultivariate analysisDisease control