2022
Multicenter analysis of stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases from EGFR and ALK driven non-small cell lung cancer
Wandrey N, Gao D, Robin T, Contessa J, Singh C, Chiang V, Li J, Chen A, Wang Y, Sheehan J, Dutta S, Weiss S, Paly J, Rusthoven C. Multicenter analysis of stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases from EGFR and ALK driven non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2022, 176: 144-148. PMID: 36641932, PMCID: PMC10552603, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2022.11.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerOverall survivalCell lung cancerStereotactic radiosurgeryBrain metastasesMultivariable adjustmentMulticenter analysisLung cancerNext-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitorsSRS treatmentOnly negative prognostic factorWhole brain radiotherapyMedian overall survivalMultiple brain metastasesNegative prognostic factorFavorable overall survivalTyrosine kinase inhibitorsTreatment 1CNS progressionMulticenter outcomesMedian followPrognostic factorsFavorable prognosisCNS diseaseTreatment optionsBrain metastatic outgrowth and osimertinib resistance are potentiated by RhoA in EGFR-mutant lung cancer
Adua S, Arnal-Estapé A, Zhao M, Qi B, Liu Z, Kravitz C, Hulme H, Strittmatter N, López-Giráldez F, Chande S, Albert A, Melnick M, Hu B, Politi K, Chiang V, Colclough N, Goodwin R, Cross D, Smith P, Nguyen D. Brain metastatic outgrowth and osimertinib resistance are potentiated by RhoA in EGFR-mutant lung cancer. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 7690. PMID: 36509758, PMCID: PMC9744876, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34889-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expression programsRas homolog family member ACancer cellsFamily member AEpidermal growth factor receptorExpression programsMetastatic cancer cellsSRF signalingGrowth factor receptorTumor microenvironmentLung cancerFunctional linkExtracellular lamininDrug-resistant cancer cellsMutant non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerCentral nervous system relapseMolecular studiesMember AEGFR-mutant lung cancerFactor receptorNervous system relapseCell lung cancerDisseminated tumor cellsBrain tumor microenvironment
2013
Role of stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with more than four brain metastases
Jairam V, Chiang V, Yu JB, Knisely J. Role of stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with more than four brain metastases. CNS Oncology 2013, 2: 181-193. PMID: 24273642, PMCID: PMC3835313, DOI: 10.2217/cns.13.4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole-brain radiation therapyBrain metastasesStereotactic radiosurgeryIntracranial relapseUse of SRSFirst-line therapyFirst-line treatmentNeurocognitive side effectsTreatment of patientsMultiple small dosesUndetected metastasesMedical CenterRadiation therapyHigh doseInstitutional trialsSide effectsPatientsMetastasisWhole brainSmall dosesTarget volumeEarly dementiaMemory lossRadiation treatmentRelapse
2000
cDNA cloning, chromosomal localization, and expression analysis of human BEHAB/brevican, a brain specific proteoglycan regulated during cortical development and in glioma
Gary S, Zerillo C, Chiang V, Gaw J, Gray G, Hockfield S. cDNA cloning, chromosomal localization, and expression analysis of human BEHAB/brevican, a brain specific proteoglycan regulated during cortical development and in glioma. Gene 2000, 256: 139-147. PMID: 11054543, DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(00)00362-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceBrainBrevicanCarrier ProteinsCerebral CortexChondroitin Sulfate ProteoglycansChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 1Cloning, MolecularDNA, ComplementaryGene ExpressionGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGliomaHumansLectins, C-TypeMolecular Sequence DataNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein IsoformsProteoglycansRNATranscription, GeneticConceptsBEHAB/brevicanHuman gliomasChondroitin sulfate proteoglycanNormal adult cortexBrain-specific proteoglycanNormal human cortexBrain-specific memberAdult cortexCortical developmentRNase protection analysisGliomasHuman cortexNormal levelsBrain developmentLow levelsLectican familyExtracellular matrixBrevicanSpecific proteoglycansSulfate proteoglycanHuman brainCortexMiceFull-length isoformUniformly low level