
Joshua David PalmerThe Ohio State University | OSU · Department of Radiation Oncology
Joshua David Palmer
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July 2012 - June 2016
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Publications (332)
Background
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive adult primary brain cancer, characterized by significant heterogeneity, posing challenges for patient management, treatment planning, and clinical trial stratification.
Methods
We developed a highly reproducible, personalized prognostication and clinical subgrouping system using machine learning (ML)...
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to evaluate local control (LC) of tumors, patient overall survival (OS), and the safety of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for esophageal cancer brain metastases (EBMs).
METHODS
This retrospective cohort study used data from 15 International Radiosurgery Research Foundation facilities encompassing 67 patients with 185 EB...
Trastuzumab-deruxtecan (T-DXd) has demonstrated intracranial efficacy; however, safety and efficacy data remains limited with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). A multi-institutional review was performed with HER2+ or HER2-low metastatic breast cancer treated with T-DXd and SRS for active brain metastases. We identified 215 lesions treated over 48 SR...
The treatment standard for patients with large or symptomatic brain metastases and limited intracranial disease is surgical resection followed by post-operative (post-op) stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). The multicenter PROPS-BM cohort showed how pre-operative (pre-op) SRS may lead to a reduced incidence of radiation necrosis (RN), local failure (L...
Patients who undergo gross total resection (GTR) of Central Nervous System World Health Organization (WHO) grade 1 meningioma constitute a “low risk” group, but some low risk meningiomas can recur despite reassuring clinical and histological features. In this study, gene expression in newly diagnosed WHO grade 1 meningiomas that had undergone GTR w...
Targeted gene expression profiling improves risk stratification for meningiomas, but the utility of this approach for low grade meningiomas is incompletely understood. To address this, 466 meningiomas that were initially used to validate a 34-gene expression biomarker were combined with 270 previously unpublished samples for an analysis of biomarke...
BACKGROUND
Glioblastoma is an infiltrative primary brain tumor with poor prognosis despite multimodal therapy. Recurrence is inevitable secondary to tumor cell infiltration in the peritumoral tissues, beyond contrast enhancing margins, which is the target for surgical resection. We hypothesize that a machine learning model constructed from a divers...
Patients with large or symptomatic brain metastases and limited intracranial disease typically have surgery followed by post-operative (post-op) stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). However, SRS can lead to elevated rates of radiation necrosis (RN), meningeal disease (MD), and local failure (LF). Fractionated treatments can deliver a higher biological...
Melanoma remains a formidable challenge in oncology, causing the majority of skin cancer deaths in the United States, with brain metastases contributing substantially to this mortality. This paper reviews the current therapeutic strategies for melanoma brain metastases, with a focus on delayed and concurrent stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). While s...
Objective
To evaluate the impact that adjuvant therapies like radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy have on osteobiologic properties and bony regeneration in patients with metastatic spine disease (MSD) undergoing spinal fusion surgery.
Methods
PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov searches were performed. MSD patients undergoing fusion surgery wi...
Purpose
Spine metastases are a major burden of oncologic care, contributing to substantial morbidity. A well-established treatment paradigm for patients with metastatic epidural spinal cord compression includes separation surgery followed by stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). Innovations in implant technology have brought about the incorporatio...
Background
Despite reassuring clinical and histological features, low grade meningiomas can recur after surgery. Targeted gene expression profiling improves risk stratification of meningiomas, but the utility of this approach for clinical low-risk meningiomas is incompletely understood.
Methods
This was a multicenter retrospective cohort study of...
Purpose:
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive primary adult brain tumor. The standard treatment approach is surgical resection to target the enhancing tumor mass, followed by adjuvant chemoradiotherapy. However, malignant cells often extend beyond the enhancing tumor boundaries and infiltrate the peritumoral edema. Traditional supe...
Background: There are limited studies examining local control (LC) and overall survival (OS) following stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) for adolescent and young adult (AYA) populations/histologies with local recurrences or metastatic disease.
Methods: The RSSearch® Patient Registry, an international SABR registry, was evaluated for AY...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE
Patients who undergo gross total resection (GTR) of Central Nervous System World Health Organization (WHO) grade 1 meningioma constitute a “low-risk” group, but some low-risk meningiomas can recur despite reassuring clinical and histological features. In this study, gene expression values in newly diagnosed WHO grade 1 meni...
Patients with large or symptomatic brain metastases and limited intracranial disease typically have surgery followed by post-operative (post-op) stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). However, SRS can lead to elevated rates of radiation necrosis (RN), meningeal disease (MD), and local failure (LF). Fractionated treatments can deliver a higher biological...
The treatment standard for patients with large or symptomatic brain metastases and limited intracranial disease is surgical resection followed by post-operative (post-op) stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). The multicenter PROPS-BM cohort showed how pre-operative (pre-op) SRS may lead to a reduced incidence of radiation necrosis (RN), local failure (L...
PURPOSE
Newer-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR) mutations and anaplastic lymphoma kinase ( ALK) rearrangements have demonstrated high CNS activity. The optimal use of up-front stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases (BM) in patients eligible...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) is a rare low-grade glial tumor primarily affecting young individuals. Surgery is the primary treatment option; however, managing residual/recurrent tumors remains uncertain. This international multi-institutional study retrospectively assessed the use of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)...
Background:
Pediatric patients with metastatic and/or recurrent solid tumors have poor survival outcomes despite standard-of-care systemic therapy. Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) may improve tumor control. We report the outcomes with the use of SABR in our pediatric solid tumor population.
Methods:
This was a single-institutional...
Background:
Understanding sex-based differences in glioblastoma patients is necessary for accurate personalized treatment planning to improve patient outcomes.
Purpose:
To investigate sex-specific differences in molecular, clinical and radiological tumor parameters, as well as survival outcomes in glioblastoma, isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 wildtyp...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Studies comparing neurological and radiographic outcomes of repeat to initial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) intracranial arteriovenous malformations are scarce. Our aim was to perform a retrospective matched comparison of patients initially treated with SRS with those undergoing a second radiosurgical procedure.
METHODS...
INTRODUCTION
Repeat stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for persistent cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) has generally favorable patient outcomes. However, reporting studies are limited by small patient numbers and single-institution biases.
METHODS
This multicenter, retrospective cohort study included patients treated with repeat, single-frac...
Background
Current standard of care treatment for patients with ≥15 brain metastases (BM) is whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT), despite poor neurocognitive outcomes. We analyzed our institutional experience of treating these patients with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), with the aim of evaluating safety, cognitive outcomes, and survival metrics...
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is an important weapon in the management of brain metastases. Single-fraction SRS is associated with local control rates ranging from approximately 70% to 100%, which are largely dependent on lesion and postoperative cavity size. The rates of local control and improved neurocognitive outcomes compared with convention...
Background
The American Radium Society (ARS) Central Nervous System (CNS) committee reviewed literature on epidermal growth factor receptor mutated (EGFRm) and ALK-fusion (ALK+) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for the treatment of brain metastases (BrMs) from non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) to generate appropriate use guidelines addressing us...
Background
Brain metastases (BM) affect clinical management and prognosis but limited resources exist to estimate BM risk in newly diagnosed cancer patients. Additionally, guidelines for brain MRI screening are limited. We aimed to develop and validate models to predict risk of BM at diagnosis for the most common cancer types that spread to the bra...
Simple Summary
Scalp irradiation for cutaneous malignancies presents complex challenges due to the high radiation dose, irregular surface anatomy, and radiosensitive organs at risk. Scalp convexity provides unique aspects to consider when attempting to deliver a homogenous dose with external beam radiation. Traditional bolus methods face several is...
Simple Summary
There is paucity of data on the optimal management of brain metastases in older women ≥65 years old with breast cancer. In this single-institutional retrospective study, we assessed the survival outcomes and treatment patterns of breast cancer patients ≥65 years old with brain metastases and compared them to younger patients. A total...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Trigeminal neuralgia affects approximately 2% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and often shows higher rates of pain recurrence after treatment. Previous studies on the effectiveness of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for trigeminal neuralgia did not consider the different MS subtypes, including remitting relapsing...
Post-resection radiologic monitoring to identify areas of new or progressive enhancement concerning for cancer recurrence is critical during patients with glioblastoma follow-up. However, treatment-related pseudoprogression presents with similar imaging features but requires different clinical management. While pathologic diagnosis is the gold stan...
Introduction
Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) is indicated for adult patients diagnosed with leptomeningeal disease (LMD). Proton-based vertebral body sparing (VBS) CSI has been explored with pediatric patients to minimize hematologic toxicity; however, utilization of VBS in an adult population is limited. A recent phase II trial has shown efficacy o...
OBJECTIVE
Patients with deep-seated arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) have a higher rate of unfavorable outcome and lower rate of nidus obliteration after primary stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). The aim of this study was to evaluate and quantify the effect of AVM location on repeat SRS outcomes.
METHODS
This retrospective, multicenter study invo...
OBJECTIVE
The goal of this study was to characterize local tumor control (LC), overall survival (OS), and safety of stereotactic radiosurgery for colorectal brain metastasis (CRBM).
METHODS
Ten international institutions participating in the International Radiosurgery Research Foundation provided data for this retrospective case series. This study...
BACKGROUND
Patients with ≥ 15 brain metastases(BM) continue to be treated with whole brain radiation therapy(WBRT), despite poor neurocognitive outcomes. We analyzed our institutional experience of treating these patients with stereotactic radiosurgery(SRS), with the aim of evaluating safety, cognitive outcomes, and survival.
METHODS
Patients who...
BACKGROUND
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive central nervous system (CNS) malignancy with poor prognosis. TTFields are electric fields that exert physical forces to disrupt cellular processes critical for cancer cell viability. TTFields therapy is approved for recurrent and newly diagnosed GBM, and pleural mesothelioma. We report long-term safety...
AIM
The goal of this study was to understand sex-specific differences in the molecular, clinical and radiological tumor parameters and survival outcomes of Glioblastoma (GBM) patients within the international GBM dataset, known as the ReSPOND (Radiomic Signatures for PrecisiON Diagnostics) consortium.
METHODS
Sex-based differences were retrospecti...
BACKGROUND
Radiation necrosis(RN) is a concerning late toxicity after radiation therapy(RT) for brain metastases(BM). Oral corticosteroids are the mainstay of management; however, not optimal given multiple side effects, particularly with the emergence of immunotherapy. Boswellia serrata(BS) is an over-the-counter supplement shown to reduce cerebra...
INTRODUCTION
Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that primarily affects the brain. Recurrence of PCNSL within the central nervous system is common, but patterns of intracranial recurrence following induction chemotherapy have not been extensively studied. This study aims to elucidate the patterns...
PURPOSE
Glioblastoma is the most prevalent primary malignant brain tumor in adults, with a median overall survival (OS) of approximately 15 months and only limited advancements in prognostication and survival prediction. This study aims to evaluate an AI-based prognostic stratification model for OS prediction trained on the ReSPOND consortium data...
INTRODUCTION
Improvements in meningioma risk stratification are needed and current indications for postoperative radiotherapy are controversial. Here we report multicenter clinical and analytical validation of a gene expression biomarker using clinical and genomic data from 1856 meningiomas from 12 institutions across 3 continents.
METHODS
A previ...
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for meningioma, the most common primary intracranial tumor, but improvements in meningioma risk stratification are needed and indications for postoperative radiotherapy are controversial. Here we develop a targeted gene expression biomarker that predicts meningioma outcomes and radiotherapy responses. Using a di...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a common, but serious toxicity of spinal stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). Several variables that place patients at high risk of VCF have previously been identified, including advanced Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS), a widely adopted clinical decision criterion to as...
Approximately 80% of brain metastases originate from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) are frequently utilized in this setting. However, concerns remain regarding the risk of radiation necrosis (RN) when SRS and ICI are administered concurrently.
A retrospective study was cond...
ABBREVIATIONS AVM = arteriovenous malformation; RIC = radiation-induced change; SDH = subdistribution hazard; SRS = stereotactic radiosurgery. OBJECTIVE Patients with deep-seated arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) have a higher rate of unfavorable outcome and lower rate of nidus obliteration after primary stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). The aim of...
Purpose:
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is the current standard of care in patients with brain metastases and controlled extracranial disease. Radiation necrosis (RN) is the dose-limiting side-effect of SRS but the dose constraints especially for fractionated SRS remain poorly defined. We assessed the risk of RN after 3-fraction SRS with a goal t...
Recent advances to preserve neurocognitive function in patients treated for brain metastases include stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), hippocampal avoidance whole brain radiation therapy (HA-WBRT), and memantine administration. The hippocampus, corpus callosum, fornix, and amygdala are key neurocognitive substructures with a low propensity for brain...