2018
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: A Multicenter Study.
Xu Z, Mathieu D, Heroux F, Abbassy M, Barnett G, Mohammadi AM, Kano H, Caruso J, Shih HH, Grills IS, Lee K, Krishnan S, Kaufmann AM, Lee JYK, Alonso-Basanta M, Kerr M, Pierce J, Kondziolka D, Hess JA, Gerrard J, Chiang V, Lunsford LD, Sheehan JP. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: A Multicenter Study. Neurosurgery 2018, 84: 499-505. PMID: 29688562, DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyy142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrence-free rateTrigeminal neuralgiaStereotactic radiosurgeryPain responsePain controlMultiple sclerosisMS-related trigeminal neuralgiaFavorable initial responseReasonable pain controlRetrospective cohort studyMedian latency periodLarge patient seriesGamma Knife CenterFacial pain responsesFacial numbnessCohort studyClinical outcomesMedical managementPatient seriesMulticenter studySurgical interventionPatientsLatency periodRisk profileInitial response
2016
Spine Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Outcomes in Patients with Concurrent Brain Metastases
Colaco RJ, Park HS, Laurans MS, Chiang VS, Yu JB, Husain ZA. Spine Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Outcomes in Patients with Concurrent Brain Metastases. Cureus 2016, 8: e679. PMID: 27563505, PMCID: PMC4985044, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.679.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpine stereotactic body radiotherapyConcurrent brain metastasisStereotactic body radiotherapyOverall survivalSpine metastasesLocal controlBrain metastasesMultivariable analysisOne-year local controlOne-year overall survivalCox proportional hazards regressionMedian patient ageProportional hazards regressionLog-rank testMann-Whitney testCBM patientsSurvival prognosticatorPain controlComplete stagingPatient ageSpinal metastasesClinical outcomesHazards regressionRadioresistant histologiesBody radiotherapy
2013
Stereotactic body radiotherapy: a new paradigm in the management of spinal metastases
Husain ZA, Thibault I, Letourneau D, Ma L, Keller H, Suh J, Chiang V, Chang EL, Rampersaud RK, Perry J, Larson DA, Sahgal A. Stereotactic body radiotherapy: a new paradigm in the management of spinal metastases. CNS Oncology 2013, 2: 259-270. PMID: 25054466, PMCID: PMC6166530, DOI: 10.2217/cns.13.11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpine stereotactic body radiotherapyStereotactic body radiotherapyBody radiotherapySpinal metastasesMajor serious adverse eventsRole of surgerySerious adverse eventsConventional palliative radiotherapyPain controlPalliative radiotherapyAdverse eventsClinical outcomesConventional radiotherapyRadiotherapyEffective dosesMetastasisPatientsSurgeryTumorsDoses