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
2011
Summary Report on the Graded Prognostic Assessment: An Accurate and Facile Diagnosis-Specific Tool to Estimate Survival for Patients With Brain Metastases
Sperduto PW, Kased N, Roberge D, Xu Z, Shanley R, Luo X, Sneed PK, Chao ST, Weil RJ, Suh J, Bhatt A, Jensen AW, Brown PD, Shih HA, Kirkpatrick J, Gaspar LE, Fiveash JB, Chiang V, Knisely JP, Sperduto CM, Lin N, Mehta M. Summary Report on the Graded Prognostic Assessment: An Accurate and Facile Diagnosis-Specific Tool to Estimate Survival for Patients With Brain Metastases. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2011, 30: 419-425. PMID: 22203767, PMCID: PMC3269967, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.38.0527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGraded Prognostic AssessmentKarnofsky performance scoreBrain metastasesSignificant prognostic factorsPrognostic factorsPrognostic indexPrognostic assessmentMulti-institutional retrospective databasePerformance scoresPrognostic assessment indexOnly prognostic factorMedian survival timeRenal cell cancerSingle tumor typeExtracranial metastasesBetter prognosisCell cancerWorse prognosisGI cancersRetrospective databaseLung cancerClinical trialsAppropriate treatmentBreast cancerSurvival time