Treatment for brain metastases: ASCO-SNO-ASTRO guideline

MA Vogelbaum, PD Brown, H Messersmith… - 2022 - academic.oup.com
Purpose To provide guidance to clinicians regarding therapy for patients with brain
metastases from solid tumors. Methods ASCO convened an Expert Panel and conducted a …

Assessment of risk of xerostomia after whole-brain radiation therapy and association with parotid dose

K Wang, KA Pearlstein, DH Moon, ZM Mahbooba… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) delivers a substantial radiation dose to
the parotid glands, but the parotid glands are not delineated for avoidance and xerostomia …

Prospective assessment of patient-reported dry eye syndrome after whole brain radiation

K Wang, R Tobillo, P Mavroidis, R Pappafotis… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Dry eye is not typically considered a toxicity of whole brain radiation therapy
(WBRT). We analyzed dry eye syndrome as part of a prospective study of patient-reported …

NTCP modeling and dose–volume correlations for acute xerostomia and dry eye after whole brain radiation

P Mavroidis, KA Pearlstein, DH Moon, V Xu… - Radiation …, 2021 - Springer
Background Whole brain radiation (WBRT) may lead to acute xerostomia and dry eye from
incidental parotid and lacrimal exposure, respectively. We performed a prospective …

Genesis of quality measurements to improve the care delivered to patients with brain metastases

J Silvestre, T Gosse, P Read, R Gentzler… - JCO Oncology …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: High-value and high-quality health care requires outcome measurements to
inform treatment decisions, but, to our knowledge, no standardized measurements exist to …

Single institutional outcomes of whole brain radiotherapy for metastatic melanoma brain metastases

C Jiang, TJ Kleber, JM Switchenko, MK Khan - Radiation Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Background The management of melanoma with brain metastases (MBM) is increasingly
complex, especially given recent improvements in targeted agents, immunotherapy, and …

[HTML][HTML] Interrupted time-series analysis of stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases before and after the affordable care act

HA Beydoun, S Huang, MA Beydoun, SM Eid… - Cureus, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was aimed at reducing
healthcare costs, improving healthcare quality, and expanding health insurance coverage …

[PDF][PDF] Interrupted Time-Series for the Evaluation of Affordable Care Act Impact on Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Brain Metastases

H Beydoun, S Huang, M Beydoun, S Eid, A Zonderman - 2021 - academia.edu
Abstract Background: The 2010 Affordable Care Act aimed at reducing healthcare costs,
improving healthcare quality and expanding health insurance coverage among uninsured …

[HTML][HTML] Geographic and temporal variations in the utilization of stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases from 2010 to …

JM Wright, M Ascha, CH Wright, G Smith… - Interdisciplinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose This work describes trends in the utilization and survival benefit of stereotactic
radiosurgery (SRS) with respect to geographic region of the United States and year of …