2019
Local tumor response and survival outcomes after combined stereotactic radiosurgery and immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases.
Singh C, Qian JM, Yu JB, Chiang VL. Local tumor response and survival outcomes after combined stereotactic radiosurgery and immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2019, 132: 512-517. PMID: 30771783, DOI: 10.3171/2018.10.jns181371.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-PD-1 therapyKarnofsky performance statusBrain metastasesLung cancer patientsStereotactic radiosurgeryCT groupIT groupCancer patientsNon-small cell lung cancer patientsNon-small cell lung cancerCell lung cancer patientsAntibody-positive patientsGraded Prognostic AssessmentCox regression analysisCell lung cancerMedian survival timeLocal tumor responseWhole study groupMann-Whitney U testTerms of survivalLesional responseMedian survivalPerformance statusWorse survivalComplete response
2016
Timing and type of immune checkpoint therapy affect the early radiographic response of melanoma brain metastases to stereotactic radiosurgery
Qian JM, Yu JB, Kluger HM, Chiang VL. Timing and type of immune checkpoint therapy affect the early radiographic response of melanoma brain metastases to stereotactic radiosurgery. Cancer 2016, 122: 3051-3058. PMID: 27285122, PMCID: PMC5030143, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedian percent reductionImmune checkpoint therapyLesional responseStereotactic radiosurgeryCheckpoint therapyLesion volumeAnti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4Anti-programmed cell death protein 1T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4Anti-PD-1 therapyGreater median percent reductionsCell death protein 1Administration of immunotherapyWeeks of immunotherapyMelanoma brain metastasesDeath protein 1Type of immunotherapyWilcoxon rank sum testRank sum testNonconcurrent therapyBrain metastasesMelanoma patientsTreatment of cancerSingle institutionPercent reduction