2023
Use of stereotactic radiosurgery in treatment of brain metastases from pediatric extracranial solid tumors
Xu S, Campbell A, Chiang V, Bindra R, Vasquez J, Pashankar F. Use of stereotactic radiosurgery in treatment of brain metastases from pediatric extracranial solid tumors. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2023, 70: e30303. PMID: 36975152, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLocal 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
2000
Toward more rational prediction of outcome in patients with high-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Chiang V, Claus E, Awad I. Toward more rational prediction of outcome in patients with high-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurosurgery 2000, 46: 28-35; discussion 35-6. PMID: 10626932, DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200001000-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlasgow Coma ScaleHigh-grade subarachnoid hemorrhageWorse clinical gradeSubarachnoid hemorrhageHess scaleOutcome predictionWFNS scaleMultivariate analysisPoor outcome groupGlasgow Outcome ScaleClinical grading scaleNeurological Surgeons (WFNS) scalePretreatment gradeComa ScaleConsecutive patientsKarnofsky scalePoor outcomeSingle institutionAccurate outcome predictionClinical examinationOutcome ScaleFavorable outcomeMental statusOutcome groupClinical grade