2023
Local 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
2017
Discrepancies between biomarkers of primary breast cancer and subsequent brain metastases: an international multicenter study
Kaidar-Person O, Meattini I, Jain P, Bult P, Simone N, Kindts I, Steffens R, Weltens C, Navarria P, Belkacemi Y, Lopez-Guerra J, Livi L, Baumert B, Vieites B, Limon D, Kurman N, Ko K, Yu J, Chiang V, Poortmans P, Zagar T. Discrepancies between biomarkers of primary breast cancer and subsequent brain metastases: an international multicenter study. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2017, 167: 479-483. PMID: 28975433, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-017-4526-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer patientsSubsequent brain metastasesHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Brain metastasesCancer patientsEthical research committeeReceptor statusPrimary tumorProgesterone receptorEstrogen receptorEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Triple-negative profileGrowth factor receptor 2Primary breast cancerPrimary breast tumorsInternational multicenter studyFactor receptor 2Multicenter studyAvailable histologyResultsA totalBreast cancerReceptor 2ConclusionsThe majorityPatientsBreast tumors
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