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, Knisely 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
2022
Multicenter analysis of stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases from EGFR and ALK driven non-small cell lung cancer
Wandrey N, Gao D, Robin T, Contessa J, Singh C, Chiang V, Li J, Chen A, Wang Y, Sheehan J, Dutta S, Weiss S, Paly J, Rusthoven C. Multicenter analysis of stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases from EGFR and ALK driven non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2022, 176: 144-148. PMID: 36641932, PMCID: PMC10552603, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2022.11.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerOverall survivalCell lung cancerStereotactic radiosurgeryBrain metastasesMultivariable adjustmentMulticenter analysisLung cancerNext-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitorsSRS treatmentOnly negative prognostic factorWhole brain radiotherapyMedian overall survivalMultiple brain metastasesNegative prognostic factorFavorable overall survivalTyrosine kinase inhibitorsTreatment 1CNS progressionMulticenter outcomesMedian followPrognostic factorsFavorable prognosisCNS diseaseTreatment options
2017
Management of Brain Metastases in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor–Naïve Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Mutant Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Multi-Institutional Analysis
Magnuson WJ, Lester-Coll NH, Wu AJ, Yang TJ, Lockney NA, Gerber NK, Beal K, Amini A, Patil T, Kavanagh BD, Camidge DR, Braunstein SE, Boreta LC, Balasubramanian SK, Ahluwalia MS, Rana NG, Attia A, Gettinger SN, Contessa JN, Yu JB, Chiang VL. Management of Brain Metastases in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor–Naïve Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Mutant Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Multi-Institutional Analysis. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: jco.2016.69.714. PMID: 28113019, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.69.7144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAntineoplastic AgentsBrain NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCombined Modality TherapyCranial IrradiationDisease-Free SurvivalErbB ReceptorsErlotinib HydrochlorideFemaleHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedProtein Kinase InhibitorsRadiosurgeryRetrospective StudiesSalvage TherapySurvival RateConceptsWhole brain radiotherapyMulti-institutional analysisEGFR-mutant NSCLCBrain metastasesEGFR-TKIStereotactic radiosurgeryTyrosine kinase inhibitorsOverall survivalEpidermal growth factor receptorGrowth factor receptorIntracranial progressionLung cancerMutant non-small cell lung cancerEGFR-TKI resistance mutationNon-small cell lung cancerIntracranial progression-free survivalRetrospective multi-institutional analysisDeferral of radiotherapyEGFR-TKI useSimilar prognostic featuresUpfront EGFR-TKIProgression-free survivalFactor receptorInferior overall survivalCell lung cancer
2016
Ceritinib enables stereotactic radiosurgery to a previously untreatable symptomatic brain metastasis in a patient with ALK rearranged non-small cell lung cancer
Qian J, Yu J, Gettinger S, Chiang V. Ceritinib enables stereotactic radiosurgery to a previously untreatable symptomatic brain metastasis in a patient with ALK rearranged non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Treatment And Research Communications 2016, 6: 17-19. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrc.2016.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerAnaplastic lymphoma kinaseWhole-brain radiation therapySymptomatic brain metastasesBrain radiation therapyCell lung cancerBrain metastasesStereotactic radiosurgerySystemic therapyLung cancerRadiation therapyActive small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitorLarge symptomatic brain metastasisNext-generation ALK inhibitorsSmall molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitorsYear old Caucasian femaleMolecule tyrosine kinase inhibitorsGeneration ALK inhibitorsALK inhibitor crizotinibOld Caucasian femaleKey driver mutationsTyrosine kinase inhibitorsLocal therapyInhibitor crizotinibALK inhibitors