2022
Stereotactic radiosurgery and local control of brain metastases from triple-negative breast cancer.
Kowalchuk R, Niranjan A, Hess J, Antonios J, Zhang M, Braunstein S, Ross R, Pikis S, Deibert C, Lee C, Yang H, Langlois A, Mathieu D, Peker S, Samanci Y, Rusthoven C, Chiang V, Wei Z, Lunsford L, Trifiletti D, Sheehan J. Stereotactic radiosurgery and local control of brain metastases from triple-negative breast cancer. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2022, 138: 1608-1614. PMID: 36433878, DOI: 10.3171/2022.10.jns221900.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerLocal tumor progressionStereotactic radiosurgeryBreast cancerOverall survivalMetastatic lesionsPerformance statusLocal controlTriple-negative breast cancer metastasisMedian Karnofsky performance statusTumor progressionWhole-brain radiation therapyFavorable performance statusMedian margin dosePrior stereotactic radiosurgerySymptomatic radiation necrosisKarnofsky performance statusIntracranial metastatic diseaseRetrospective chart reviewLocal tumor controlBreast cancer metastasisIntracranial metastatic lesionsMargin doseMultiinstitutional cohortBrain metastases
2021
Reirradiation With Stereotactic Radiosurgery After Local or Marginal Recurrence of Brain Metastases From Previous Radiosurgery
Kowalchuk RO, Niranjan A, Lee CC, Yang HC, Liscak R, Guseynova K, Tripathi M, Kumar N, Peker S, Samanci Y, Hess J, Chiang V, Iorio-Morin C, Mathieu D, Pikis S, Wei Z, Lunsford LD, Trifiletti DM, Sheehan JP. Reirradiation With Stereotactic Radiosurgery After Local or Marginal Recurrence of Brain Metastases From Previous Radiosurgery. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2021, 112: 726-734. PMID: 34644606, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.10.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal tumor controlRepeat stereotactic radiosurgeryRadiation necrosisStereotactic radiosurgeryBrain metastasesTumor controlMaximum doseMarginal recurrenceBiopsy-proven non-small cell lung cancerIsodose lineNon-small cell lung cancerRisk of RNPreoperative stereotactic radiosurgeryPrior stereotactic radiosurgerySymptomatic radiation necrosisNeuro-Oncology criteriaCell lung cancerPrescription isodose linePrevious radiosurgeryMargin dosePrimary endpointPrior immunotherapyLung cancerMajor indicationTumor volume
2016
BMET-24. LASER ABLATION AFTER STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY (LAASR) – RESULTS OF A MULTI-CENTERED PROSPECTIVE STUDY
Chiang V, Dietrich J, Tatter S, Mohammadi A, Leuthardt E, Chamoun R, Judy K, Barnett G, Ahluwalia M. BMET-24. LASER ABLATION AFTER STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY (LAASR) – RESULTS OF A MULTI-CENTERED PROSPECTIVE STUDY. Neuro-Oncology 2016, 18: vi31-vi31. DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/now212.124.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchKarnofsky performance statusProgression-free survivalProgressive brain metastasesOverall survivalRadiation necrosisBrain metastasesMedian Karnofsky performance statusMedian KPS scorePrimary tumor pathologyPrior stereotactic radiosurgeryStereotactic radiosurgery resultsQuality of lifeOutcomes of useRN patientsSteroid usageFree survivalHospital stayKPS scorePerformance statusRANO criteriaSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeFACT-BrRecurrent tumorsTM patients