2017
Estimating Survival in Melanoma Patients With Brain Metastases: An Update of the Graded Prognostic Assessment for Melanoma Using Molecular Markers (Melanoma-molGPA)
Sperduto PW, Jiang W, Brown PD, Braunstein S, Sneed P, Wattson DA, Shih HA, Bangdiwala A, Shanley R, Lockney NA, Beal K, Lou E, Amatruda T, Sperduto WA, Kirkpatrick JP, Yeh N, Gaspar LE, Molitoris JK, Masucci L, Roberge D, Yu J, Chiang V, Mehta M. Estimating Survival in Melanoma Patients With Brain Metastases: An Update of the Graded Prognostic Assessment for Melanoma Using Molecular Markers (Melanoma-molGPA). International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2017, 99: 812-816. PMID: 29063850, PMCID: PMC6925529, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.2454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis-Specific Graded Prognostic AssessmentGraded Prognostic AssessmentSignificant prognostic factorsBrain metastasesMelanoma-molGPAPrognostic factorsMelanoma patientsPrognostic assessmentMultiple Cox regressionMedian survival timeRetrospective database analysisLog-rank testHeterogeneous patient populationClinical decision makingTreatment eraHazard ratioMedian survivalMultivariable analysisWorse prognosisCox regressionPatient populationSurvival timePatientsMetastasisCurrent cohort
2011
Effect of Tumor Subtype on Survival and the Graded Prognostic Assessment for Patients With Breast Cancer and 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. Effect of Tumor Subtype on Survival and the Graded Prognostic Assessment for Patients With Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2011, 82: 2111-2117. PMID: 21497451, PMCID: PMC3172400, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.02.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overBrain NeoplasmsBreast NeoplasmsBreast Neoplasms, MaleCohort StudiesFemaleHumansKarnofsky Performance StatusMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsReceptor, ErbB-2Receptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneRetrospective StudiesConceptsGraded Prognostic AssessmentER/PRKarnofsky performance statusMultivariate Cox regressionBrain metastasesBreast-GPATumor subtypesPrognostic factorsCox regressionBreast cancerPrognostic assessmentDiagnosis-Specific Graded Prognostic AssessmentMulti-institutional retrospective databaseER/PR statusHER2-positive patientsHER2-negative patientsSignificant prognostic factorsSubgroup of patientsBreast cancer patientsClinical decision makingLog-rank statisticsKPS 60Performance statusPR statusCancer patients
2009
Diagnosis-Specific Prognostic Factors, Indexes, and Treatment Outcomes for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 4,259 Patients
Sperduto PW, Chao ST, Sneed PK, Luo X, Suh J, Roberge D, Bhatt A, Jensen AW, Brown PD, Shih H, Kirkpatrick J, Schwer A, Gaspar LE, Fiveash JB, Chiang V, Knisely J, Sperduto CM, Mehta M. Diagnosis-Specific Prognostic Factors, Indexes, and Treatment Outcomes for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 4,259 Patients. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2009, 77: 655-661. PMID: 19942357, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedAnalysis of VarianceBrain NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCarcinoma, Renal CellCombined Modality TherapyGastrointestinal NeoplasmsHumansKarnofsky Performance StatusKidney NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsMelanomaMiddle AgedPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSelection BiasSkin NeoplasmsSmall Cell Lung CarcinomaTreatment OutcomeConceptsSignificant prognostic factorsKarnofsky performance statusDiagnosis-specific prognostic factorsNumber of BMSmall cell lung cancerBrain metastasesPrognostic factorsCell lung cancerLung cancerPerformance statusBM patientsRandomized trialsGastrointestinal cancerOnly significant prognostic factorRecurrent brain metastasesFuture randomized trialsRenal cell cancerDS-GPA scoreRenal cell carcinomaExtracranial metastasesMedian survivalCell cancerHistologic typePrognostic indexCell carcinoma