M N Tsao

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Affiliation: Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Whole brain radiotherapy for the treatment of multiple brain metastases
    M N Tsao
    Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Department of Radiation Oncology, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3:CD003869. 2006
  2. ncbi Radiotherapeutic management of brain metastases: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    May N Tsao
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ont, Canada M4N 3M5
    Cancer Treat Rev 31:256-73. 2005
  3. ncbi Clinical practice guideline on the optimal radiotherapeutic management of brain metastases
    May N Tsao
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    BMC Cancer 5:34. 2005
  4. ncbi Did the pattern of practice in the prescription of palliative radiotherapy for the treatment of uncomplicated bone metastases change between 1999 and 2005 at the rapid response radiotherapy program?
    N M E Bradley
    Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
    Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 20:327-36. 2008
  5. ncbi Supportive care management of brain metastases: what is known and what we need to know. Conference proceedings of the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) Workshop on Symptom Control in Radiation Oncology
    M N Tsao
    Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 15:429-34. 2003
  6. ncbi Physician expectations of treatment outcomes for patients with brain metastases referred for whole brain radiotherapy
    Elizabeth A Barnes
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 76:187-92. 2010
  7. ncbi Capillary hemangioma of the cavernous sinus. Report of two cases
    May N Tsao
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada
    J Neurosurg 98:169-74. 2003
  8. ncbi Pediatric arteriovenous malformation: University of Toronto experience using stereotactic radiosurgery
    Gelareh Zadeh
    Division of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre SHSC, Suite A129, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada
    Childs Nerv Syst 23:195-9. 2007
  9. ncbi Pseudoprogression following chemoradiotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme
    Paul Sanghera
    Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Can J Neurol Sci 37:36-42. 2010
  10. ncbi Quality of life in patients with brain metastases treated with a palliative course of whole-brain radiotherapy
    Megan Doyle
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Palliat Med 10:367-74. 2007

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Publications19

  1. ncbi Whole brain radiotherapy for the treatment of multiple brain metastases
    M N Tsao
    Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Department of Radiation Oncology, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3:CD003869. 2006
    ..Brain radiotherapy is used to treat cancer patients who have brain metastases resulting from various primary malignancies...
  2. ncbi Radiotherapeutic management of brain metastases: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    May N Tsao
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ont, Canada M4N 3M5
    Cancer Treat Rev 31:256-73. 2005
    ..The management of brain metastases is a significant health care problem. An estimated 20-40% of cancer patients will develop metastatic cancer to the brain during the course of their illness...
  3. ncbi Clinical practice guideline on the optimal radiotherapeutic management of brain metastases
    May N Tsao
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    BMC Cancer 5:34. 2005
    ..An evidence-based clinical practice guideline on the optimal radiotherapeutic management of single and multiple brain metastases was developed...
  4. ncbi Did the pattern of practice in the prescription of palliative radiotherapy for the treatment of uncomplicated bone metastases change between 1999 and 2005 at the rapid response radiotherapy program?
    N M E Bradley
    Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
    Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 20:327-36. 2008
    ..This study examined whether dose-fractionation schemes used for the treatment of bone metastases at the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program (RRRP) at the Odette Cancer Centre have changed since 1999...
  5. ncbi Supportive care management of brain metastases: what is known and what we need to know. Conference proceedings of the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) Workshop on Symptom Control in Radiation Oncology
    M N Tsao
    Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 15:429-34. 2003
    ..To review the results of published randomised controlled trials in the treatment of brain metastases and, from the knowledge gained from these trials, to identify potential study questions...
  6. ncbi Physician expectations of treatment outcomes for patients with brain metastases referred for whole brain radiotherapy
    Elizabeth A Barnes
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 76:187-92. 2010
    ..The secondary objectives were to determine the factors influencing the expectations and to examine the accuracy of the physician-estimated patient survival...
  7. ncbi Capillary hemangioma of the cavernous sinus. Report of two cases
    May N Tsao
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada
    J Neurosurg 98:169-74. 2003
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  8. ncbi Pediatric arteriovenous malformation: University of Toronto experience using stereotactic radiosurgery
    Gelareh Zadeh
    Division of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre SHSC, Suite A129, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada
    Childs Nerv Syst 23:195-9. 2007
    ..In addition, we provide a review of series published to date combined with our own results to determine whether radiosurgery is a safe and reasonable treatment modality for pediatric AVMs...
  9. ncbi Pseudoprogression following chemoradiotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme
    Paul Sanghera
    Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Can J Neurol Sci 37:36-42. 2010
    ..The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of psPD following RT/TMZ and the effect of psPD on prognosis...
  10. ncbi Quality of life in patients with brain metastases treated with a palliative course of whole-brain radiotherapy
    Megan Doyle
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Palliat Med 10:367-74. 2007
    ..The secondary objective was to assess the level of agreement between patient and proxy quality of life scores...
  11. ncbi Embolization before radiosurgery reduces the obliteration rate of arteriovenous malformations
    Yuri M Andrade Souza
    Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada
    Neurosurgery 60:443-51; discussion 451-2. 2007
    ..To evaluate the arteriovenous malformation (AVM) obliteration rate and the clinical outcome after radiosurgery in patients with and without previous embolization...
  12. ncbi Radiosurgical treatment for rolandic arteriovenous malformations
    Yuri M Andrade-Souza
    Division of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Neurosurg 105:689-97. 2006
    ..The authors reviewed the radiosurgical outcomes in patients with arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) located in the rolandic area, including the primary motor and sensory gyri...
  13. ncbi Radiosurgical retreatment for brain arteriovenous malformation
    Javad Mirza-Aghazadeh
    Division of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Can J Neurol Sci 33:189-94. 2006
    ..3%). CONCLUSION: Retreatment of BAVM using a second radiosurgery procedure is a safe and effective option that offers the same rate of success as the initial radiosurgery and an acceptable risk of radiation-induced complication...
  14. ncbi Testing the radiosurgery-based arteriovenous malformation score and the modified Spetzler-Martin grading system to predict radiosurgical outcome
    Yuri M Andrade-Souza
    Division of Neurosurgery and Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Neurosurg 103:642-8. 2005
    ..The modified Spetzler-Martin system can also predict radiosurgical results for AVMs, thus making it possible to use this system while deciding between surgery and radiosurgery...
  15. ncbi Radiosurgery for basal ganglia, internal capsule, and thalamus arteriovenous malformation: clinical outcome
    Yuri M Andrade-Souza
    Division of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook and Women's College, Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Neurosurgery 56:56-63; discussion 63-4. 2005
    ..059). CONCLUSION: Radiosurgery for deep AVMs has a satisfactory obliteration rate and acceptable morbidity, considering the risk of hemorrhage without treatment and the risk of morbidity associated with other treatment modalities...
  16. ncbi Does psychosocial intervention improve survival in cancer? A meta-analysis
    Edward Chow
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Palliat Med 18:25-31. 2004
    ..A systematic review of randomized trials that have examined the effectiveness of psychosocial intervention in cancer patients in terms of survival prolongation was conducted...
  17. ncbi Radiotherapy management for squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal skin: the Princess Margaret Hospital experience
    May N Tsao
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 52:973-9. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: RT for SCC of nasal skin achieves excellent outcome, is well tolerated, and should continue to be recommended in the management of this disease...
  18. ncbi The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) evidence-based review of the role of radiosurgery for malignant glioma
    May N Tsao
    The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Fairfax, VA 22033, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 63:47-55. 2005
    ..There is also insufficient evidence regarding the benefits/harms in the use of stereotactic fractionated radiation therapy for patients with newly diagnosed or progressive/recurrent malignant glioma...
  19. ncbi The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) evidence-based review of the role of radiosurgery for brain metastases
    Minesh P Mehta
    The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Fairfax, VA 22033, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 63:37-46. 2005
    ..There is insufficient evidence as to the clinical benefit/risks radiosurgery used in the setting of recurrent or progressive brain metastases, although radiographic responses are well-documented...