2024
Executive summary of the American Radium Society appropriate use criteria for brain metastases in epidermal growth factor receptor mutated-mutated and ALK-fusion non-small cell lung cancer
Nagpal S, Milano M, Chiang V, Soltys S, Brackett A, Halasz L, Garg A, Sahgal A, Ahluwalia M, Tom M, Palmer J, Knisley J, Chao S, Gephart M, Wang T, Lo S, Chang E. Executive summary of the American Radium Society appropriate use criteria for brain metastases in epidermal growth factor receptor mutated-mutated and ALK-fusion non-small cell lung cancer. Neuro-Oncology 2024, 26: 1195-1212. PMID: 38459978, PMCID: PMC11226873, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noae041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerTyrosine kinase inhibitorsCell lung cancerCentral nervous systemAmerican Radium SocietyALK-fusionBrain metastasesAmerican Radium Society Appropriate Use CriteriaLung cancerSequence of tyrosine kinase inhibitorsALK tyrosine kinase inhibitorsTreatment of brain metastasesEGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitorsWhole-brain RTEpidermal growth factor receptorGrowth factor receptorAppropriate Use CriteriaBrain RTEGFR-mutantRadiotherapyTreatment optionsFactor receptorKinase inhibitorsNervous systemLiterature search
2023
Selected-Lesion Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SL-SRS) as a Novel Strategy in the Treatment of Patients With Multiple Brain Metastases
Theriault B, Singh C, Yu J, Knisely J, Shepard M, Wegner R, Warnick R, Peker S, Samanci Y, Trifiletti D, Lee C, Yang H, Bernstein K, Kondziolka D, Tripathi M, Mathieu D, Mantziaris G, Pikis S, Sheehan J, Chiang V. Selected-Lesion Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SL-SRS) as a Novel Strategy in the Treatment of Patients With Multiple Brain Metastases. Cureus 2023, 15: e45457. PMID: 37859877, PMCID: PMC10583225, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.45457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole brain radiotherapyInternational Radiosurgery Research FoundationPrior whole brain radiotherapyBrain metastasesStereotactic radiosurgeryCommon reasonAsymptomatic brain metastasesNon-eloquent locationsSystemic treatment optionsMultiple brain metastasesPoor functional statusTreatment of patientsCentral nervous systemAttributable symptomsExtracranial diseaseSystemic therapyUntreated lesionsMedical oncologySystemic diseaseFunctional statusTreatment optionsClinical trialsSingle lesionLesion locationIntracranial lesionsManagement of patients with brain metastases from NSCLC without a genetic driver alteration: upfront radiotherapy or immunotherapy?
Merkin R, Chiang V, Goldberg S. Management of patients with brain metastases from NSCLC without a genetic driver alteration: upfront radiotherapy or immunotherapy? Therapeutic Advances In Medical Oncology 2023, 15: 17588359231175438. PMID: 37275964, PMCID: PMC10233588, DOI: 10.1177/17588359231175438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune checkpoint inhibitorsBrain metastasesTargetable genetic alterationsLocal therapyLung cancerStereotactic radiosurgeryDeath 1 ligand 1 expressionManagement of BMSole metastatic siteStage IV diseaseWhole brain radiotherapyLigand 1 expressionPD-L1 expressionProspective clinical trialsTime of diagnosisManagement of patientsCell lung cancerCancer-related deathGenetic alterationsCentral nervous systemGenetic driver alterationsAnaplastic lymphoma kinaseEpidermal growth factor receptorGrowth factor receptorUpfront radiotherapy
2014
Mass Effect
Chiang V, Awad I. Mass Effect. 2014, 1007-1008. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385157-4.00765-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMass effectSuch mass lesionsDisturbance of consciousnessTreatment of choiceCompression of vesselsCentral nervous systemCerebrospinal fluid flowSecondary hydrocephalusVisual obscurationsMass lesionSurgical removalVascular lesionsGeneral symptomsIntracranial pressureExtrinsic pathologiesSpecific symptomsNervous systemNeuronal tissueLesionsSymptomsPossible obstructionFocal distortionVomitingHematomaIschemia