2024
Laser interstitial thermal therapy for new and recurrent meningioma: a prospective and retrospective case series.
Chiang V, Pugazenthi S, Leidig W, Rodriguez A, Prabhu S, Haskell-Mendoza A, Fecci P, Placantonakis D, Abram S, Lega B, Kim A. Laser interstitial thermal therapy for new and recurrent meningioma: a prospective and retrospective case series. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2024, 1-11. PMID: 38457795, DOI: 10.3171/2023.12.jns231542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaser interstitial thermal therapyInterstitial thermal therapyRecurrent meningiomasComplication rateTreatment optionsFollow-upCohort studyResistant to standard therapyBrain tumorsProgression-free survivalOutcome dataOverall survival rateRetrospective case seriesProspective multicenter registryPatients to dateThermal therapyStandard therapyMulticenter registryAblation coverageCase seriesTumor typesAdult patientsMedian lengthMeningiomasDisease progression
2021
SURG-02. Stereotactic Laser Ablation (SLA) followed by consolidation stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) as a treatment strategy for brain metastasis that recurred locally after initial radiosurgery (BMRS): a collaborative institutional experience
Pena-Pino I, Ma J, Hori Y, Fomchenko E, Dusenbery K, Reynolds M, Wilke C, Yuan J, Barnett G, Chiang V, Mohammadi A, Chen C. SURG-02. Stereotactic Laser Ablation (SLA) followed by consolidation stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) as a treatment strategy for brain metastasis that recurred locally after initial radiosurgery (BMRS): a collaborative institutional experience. Neuro-Oncology Advances 2021, 3: iii23-iii23. PMCID: PMC8351296, DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdab071.095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStereotactic laser ablationStereotactic radiosurgeryOverall survivalTreatment strategiesLocal controlDays of SRSSymptomatic radiation necrosisMedian overall survivalSystemic disease progressionRepeat stereotactic radiosurgeryIndependent clinical trialsInitial radiosurgerySteroid therapyBrain metastasesClinical outcomesRadiation necrosisFavorable outcomeClinical trialsDisease progressionFLAIR volumeInstitutional experiencePatientsCE volumeRadiosurgeryLocal failure
2019
RADI-34. USE OF LOW-DOSE STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY FOR ADVANCED BRAIN METASTASES
Yang D, Yu J, Chiang V. RADI-34. USE OF LOW-DOSE STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY FOR ADVANCED BRAIN METASTASES. Neuro-Oncology Advances 2019, 1: i28-i28. PMCID: PMC7213353, DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdz014.126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgeryBrain metastasesStereotactic radiosurgeryOverall survivalDisease progressionTime to disease progressionBRAF V600E tumorsMutation-targeted therapiesMedian overall survivalMetastatic melanoma patientsTreat brain metastasesPoor performance statusTumor controlMelanoma patientsSystemic therapyAdvanced diseasePerformance statusRe-treatmentTesticular cancerComposite endpointMetastasisSystemic agentsStudy exitImmunotherapyPatients