Opportunities and alternatives of modern radiation oncology and surgery for the management of resectable brain metastases

CD Diehl, FA Giordano, AL Grosu, S Ille, KH Kahl… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Brain metastases are of increasing concern in the management of cancer
patients. New systemic treatment options like specific targeting agents or immune …

An update of neuroanesthesia for intraoperative brain mapping craniotomy

CZ Lee, CCM Poon - Neurosurgery, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The perioperative multidisciplinary team approach has probably been best exemplified by
the care of awake craniotomy patients. Advancement in anesthesia and meticulous …

Hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (HSRS) as a salvage treatment for brain metastases failing prior stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)

M Yan, M Lee, S Myrehaug, CL Tseng, J Detsky… - Journal of Neuro …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Various treatment options exist to salvage stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
failures for brain metastases, including repeat SRS and hypofractionated SRS (HSRS). Our …

Integrated ultrasound and photoacoustic-guided laser ablation theranostic endoscopic system

M Basij, S John, D Bustamante… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advancements in ablation techniques have paved the way towards the development of safer
and more effective clinical procedures for treating various maladies such as atrial fibrillation …

Outcomes and principles of patient selection for laser interstitial thermal therapy for metastatic brain tumor management: a multisite institutional case series

C Riviere-Cazaux, AR Bhandarkar, M Rahman… - World neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is an emerging treatment modality for
both primary brain tumors and metastases. We report initial outcomes after LITT for …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in imaging modalities for pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors

TAGM Huisman, R Patel, S Kralik, NK Desai… - Pediatric …, 2023 - karger.com
Background: Neuroimaging has evolved from anatomical imaging toward a multi-modality
comprehensive anatomical and functional imaging in the past decades, important functional …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRg-LITT) in disrupting the blood-brain barrier: efficacy and duration

AAA Bakrbaldawi, Z Zhu, Z Zheng, J Zhu… - Journal of Integrative …, 2024 - imrpress.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a selectively semi-permeable layer, crucial in shielding the
brain from external pathogens and toxic substances while maintaining ionic homeostasis …

Building Team Medicine in the Management of CNS Metastases

AB Baskaran, RA Buerki, OH Khan, V Gondi… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
CNS metastases are often terminal for cancer patients and occur at an approximately 10-fold
higher rate than primary CNS tumors. The incidence of these tumors is approximately …

Supralesional ablation volumes are feasible in the posterior fossa and may provide enhanced symptomatic relief

E Luther, VM Lu, AA Morell, T Elarjani… - Operative …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) for posterior fossa lesions remains
rare as the small size of the infratentorial compartment, proximity to the brainstem, and …

Novel radiotherapeutic strategies in the management of brain metastases: Challenging the dogma

JD Palmer, HK Perlow, EJ Lehrer, Z Wardak… - Neuro …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The role of radiation therapy in the management of brain metastasis is evolving.
Advancements in machine learning techniques have improved our ability to both detect …