International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 77, Issue 3 , Pages 655-661, 1 July 2010

Diagnosis-Specific Prognostic Factors, Indexes, and Treatment Outcomes for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 4,259 Patients

  • Paul W. Sperduto, M.D., M.P.P.

      Affiliations

    • Gamma Knife Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Paul Sperduto, M.D., M.P.P., Gamma Knife Center, University of Minnesota, 560 S. Maple St., Waconia, MN 55387. Tel: (952) 442-6000; Fax: (952) 442-7851
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  • Samuel T. Chao, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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  • Penny K. Sneed, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
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  • Xianghua Luo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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  • John Suh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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  • David Roberge, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, ON, Canada
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  • Amit Bhatt, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI
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  • Ashley W. Jensen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • Paul D. Brown, M.D.

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    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • Helen Shih, M.D.

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    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • John Kirkpatrick, M.D., Ph.D.

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    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Amanda Schwer, M.D.

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    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, CO
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  • Laurie E. Gaspar, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, CO
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  • John B. Fiveash, M.D.

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    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama Medical Center at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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  • Veronica Chiang, M.D.

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    • Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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  • Jonathan Knisely, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncolog, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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  • Christina Maria Sperduto

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    • Minneapolis Radiation Oncology, Minneapolis, MN
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  • Minesh Mehta, M.D.

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    • Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI

Received 16 June 2009; received in revised form 7 August 2009; accepted 10 August 2009. published online 25 November 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(09)02972-1

doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.025

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 77, Issue 3 , Pages 655-661, 1 July 2010