Content Type: Clinical Publications and Awards

A Call for Patients to Resume Routine Cancer Screenings and Treatment

During these uncertain times, remember to proactively reach out to patients and encourage them to resume routine cancer screenings to prevent delayed diagnoses that might lead to worsened health outcomes.

Safety and Efficacy of GammaTile Intracranial Brachytherapy Implanted During Awake Craniotomy

Brachytherapy 2021 | Shearwood McClelland, Ulysses G Gardner, Yi Le, Sook Kien Ng, Mitesh V Shah, Gordon A Watson. Safety and efficacy of GammaTile intracranial brachytherapy implanted during awake craniotomy [published online September 26, 2021]. Brachytherapy. doi.org/10.1016/j.brachy.2021.08.011.

First Clinical Implementation of GammaTile Permanent Brain Implants After FDA Clearance

Brachytherapy 2021 | Ferreira C, Sterling C, Reynolds M, Dusenbery K, Chen C, Alaei A. First clinical implementation of GammaTile permanent brain implants after FDA clearance [published online ahead of print January 21,2021]. Brachytherapy. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2020.12.005.

Surgical Outcomes of a Novel Collagen Tile Cesium Brachytherapy for Intracranial Malignancy at a Tertiary Referral Center

2020 Georgia Neurosurgical Society Annual Fall Meeting | Andrew B. Boucher, MD; Hui-Kuo Shu MD, PhD; Jeffrey J. Olson, MD; Kimberly B. Hoang, MD. Emory University. Presented at 2020 Georgia Neurosurgical Society Annual Fall Meeting.

A Prospective Trial of Resection and Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy for Initial or Salvage Treatment of Aggressive Meningioma

SNO Annual Meeting 2020 | L. Rogers, P. Nakaji, E. Youssef, K. Smith, J. Zabramski, T. Thomas, C. Dardis, D. Pinnaduwage and D. Brachman; St Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, GT Medical Technologies, Tempe, AZ.

Resection and Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Larger Recurrent or Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastasis: Results From a Prospective Trial

Cureus 2020 | Peter Nakaji, Kris Smith, Emad Youssef, Theresa Thomas, Dilini Pinnaduwage, Leland Rogers, Garrick Wallstrom, David Brachman. Cureus. 2020;12(11):e11570.

Resection and Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy for Initial or Salvage Treatment of Aggressive Meningioma: Results From a Prospective Trial

Clinical Neurosurgery | Leland Rogers, MD; Peter Nakaji, MD; Emad Youssef, MD; Kris A. Smith, MD; Joseph Zabramski, MD; Theresa Thomas, MS; Christopher Dardis, MD; Dilini Pinnaduwage, PhD; David G. Brachman, MD; St Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ; Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; GT Medical Technologies, Tempe, AZ.

Permanent Intracavitary Cs131 Brachytherapy for Previously-Irradiated Recurrent Brain Metastases: Initial Clinical and Radiation Safety Experience

SNO 2020 Virtual Conference on Brain Metastases | Nelson S. Moss, MD; Brandon Imber, MD; Kavya Prasad, MS; Bae Chu, MPH; Arun Goel, MD; David Aramburu-Nunez, PhD; Michael Bellamy, PhD; T. Jonathan Yang, MD; Atif Khan, MD; Laurence Dauer, PhD; Gilad Cohen, MS; Kathryn Beal, MD; Viviane Tabar, MD.

A Randomized, Multicenter Phase III Trial of Surgery Plus Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) Compared with Surgery Plus Permanently Implanted Collagen Tile Brachytherapy (CTBT) for Resectable Metastatic Brain Tumors-Protocol in Progress

SNO 2020 Virtual Conference on Brain Metastases | Jeffrey Weinberg, MD, FAANS, FACS; Hussein Tawbi, MD, PhD; Frederick Lang, MD; Jeffrey Scott Wefel, PhD, ABPP; Jason Michael Johnson, MD; Heather Lin, PhD; Ying Yuan, PhD; Mary Frances McAleer, MD, PhD.

A Prospective Trial of Resection Plus Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastasis

SNO 2020 Virtual Conference on Brain Metastases | David Brachman, MD; Peter Nakaji, MD; Kris Smith, MD; Emad Youssef, MD; Theresa Thomas, MS; Dilini Pinnaduwage, PhD; C. Leland Rogers, MD; Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; GT Medical Technologies, Tempe, AZ; St Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ.