2021
Practice Patterns Related to Mitigation of Neurocognitive Decline in Patients Receiving Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy
Jairam V, Park H, Yu J, Bindra R, Contessa J, Jethwa K. Practice Patterns Related to Mitigation of Neurocognitive Decline in Patients Receiving Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2021, 111: e569. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.1536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole-brain radiation therapyWhole brain radiotherapyRadiation oncologistsPractice patternsBrain radiotherapyWBRT patientsNeurocognitive declineRadiation therapyCommon reasonCurrent evidenceHippocampal-avoidance whole-brain radiotherapyN-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonistConventional whole brain radiotherapyBrain radiation therapyNational practice patternsDeleterious cognitive effectsRoutine clinical practiceT-testMATERIAL/METHODSStudent's t-testMost radiation oncologistsIntracranial controlNeurocognitive preservationBrain metastasesMedication costs
2020
Multi-institutional retrospective review of stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastasis in patients with small cell lung cancer without prior brain-directed radiotherapy.
Miccio JA, Barsky A, Gao S, Verma V, Noticewala SS, Jairam V, Johnson SB, Yu JB, Hansen JE, Aneja S, An Y, Decker RH, Bulent Omay S, Li J, Kurtz GA, Alonso-Basanta M, Lee JYK, Chiang VL, Park HS. Multi-institutional retrospective review of stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastasis in patients with small cell lung cancer without prior brain-directed radiotherapy. Journal Of Radiosurgery And SBRT 2020, 7: 19-27. PMID: 32802575, PMCID: PMC7406345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole brain radiotherapyBrain metastasesOverall survivalNeurologic deathSmall-cell lung cancer (SCLC) brain metastasesCell lung cancer brain metastasesLung cancer brain metastasesSalvage whole brain radiotherapyMulti-institutional retrospective reviewSmall cell lung cancerMost SCLC patientsSCLC brain metastasesTime of SRSMedian overall survivalCancer brain metastasesCell lung cancerIntracranial progressionSCLC patientsUpfront radiosurgeryBrain radiationBrain radiotherapySelect patientsRetrospective reviewLung cancerStereotactic radiosurgery
2017
Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases: Changing Practice Patterns and Disparities in the United States.
Kann BH, Park HS, Johnson SB, Chiang VL, Yu JB. Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases: Changing Practice Patterns and Disparities in the United States. Journal Of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2017, 15: 1494-1502. PMID: 29223987, DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2017.7003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer Data BaseStereotactic radiosurgeryBrain metastasesPractice patternsBrain radiotherapyMetastatic diseaseMetastatic non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerNon-SR patientsUpfront brain radiotherapyNational practice patternsProportion of patientsKaplan-Meier methodCell lung cancerProportion of facilitiesQuality of lifeChi-square testActuarial survivalIntracranial controlNeurocognitive toxicityNonprivate insuranceSRS useNCDB analysisDiagnosis yearMultivariable analysis