CAROL ARMSTRONG

Summary

Affiliation: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Phase measurement of cognitive impairment specific to radiotherapy
    Carol L Armstrong
    Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 83:e319-24. 2012
  2. ncbi Neurocognitive problems in attention deficit disorder. Alternative concepts and evidence for impairment in inhibition of selective attention
    C L Armstrong
    University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Department of Neurology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 931:196-215. 2001
  3. ncbi The predictive value of longitudinal neuropsychologic assessment in the early detection of brain tumor recurrence
    Carol L Armstrong
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Cancer 97:649-56. 2003
  4. ncbi Late cognitive and radiographic changes related to radiotherapy: initial prospective findings
    C L Armstrong
    Departments of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Neurology 59:40-8. 2002
  5. ncbi Memory performance used to detect radiation effects on cognitive functioning
    C L Armstrong
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, USA
    Appl Neuropsychol 8:129-39. 2001
  6. ncbi The impact of frontal and non-frontal brain tumor lesions on Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance
    Bram Goldstein
    Gynecologic Oncology Associates, Hoag Memorial Hospital, 351 Hospital Road, Suite 507, Newport Beach, CA 92663, USA
    Brain Cogn 54:110-6. 2004
  7. ncbi A critical review of the clinical effects of therapeutic irradiation damage to the brain: the roots of controversy
    Carol L Armstrong
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Neuropsychol Rev 14:65-86. 2004
  8. ncbi Attention in adult intracranial tumors patients
    Bram Goldstein
    Division of Neurology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:66-78. 2003
  9. ncbi Proceedings of the conference on the effects of radiotherapy on the brain and on behavior through the life span, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 6-8, 2002
    Christie Seiler
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Med Pediatr Oncol 41:460-6. 2003
  10. ncbi The impact of low-grade brain tumors on verbal fluency performance
    Bram Goldstein
    Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 26:750-8. 2004

Research Grants

  1. RADIOTHERAPY EFFECTS ON BRAIN FUNCTIONING IN ADULTS
    CAROL ARMSTRONG; Fiscal Year: 2001

Collaborators

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Phase measurement of cognitive impairment specific to radiotherapy
    Carol L Armstrong
    Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 83:e319-24. 2012
    ..The study design investigated semantic vs. perceptual and visual vs. verbal memory to determine the most disease-specific measure of RT-related changes and understanding of the neurotoxicity from RT to the brain...
  2. ncbi Neurocognitive problems in attention deficit disorder. Alternative concepts and evidence for impairment in inhibition of selective attention
    C L Armstrong
    University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Department of Neurology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 931:196-215. 2001
    ..The data suggest that the cognitive disinhibition of ADHD is found in semantic recognition, but not in visuoperceptual recognition...
  3. ncbi The predictive value of longitudinal neuropsychologic assessment in the early detection of brain tumor recurrence
    Carol L Armstrong
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Cancer 97:649-56. 2003
    ..The authors used the specificity of cognitive function principle to compare two models for the early detection of low-grade brain tumor recurrence prior to detection with clinically scheduled neuroimaging...
  4. ncbi Late cognitive and radiographic changes related to radiotherapy: initial prospective findings
    C L Armstrong
    Departments of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Neurology 59:40-8. 2002
    ..This is a prospective, long-term study of XRT effects in adults, in which total dose and dose fraction were constrained and data related to tumor recurrence and neurologic comorbidity (e.g., hypertension) were excluded...
  5. ncbi Memory performance used to detect radiation effects on cognitive functioning
    C L Armstrong
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, USA
    Appl Neuropsychol 8:129-39. 2001
    ..Knowledge of the specific patterns of change in cognition would guide the differential diagnosis and rehabilitation of survivors of brain tumors whose conditions are complicated by tumors with multiple treatments...
  6. ncbi The impact of frontal and non-frontal brain tumor lesions on Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance
    Bram Goldstein
    Gynecologic Oncology Associates, Hoag Memorial Hospital, 351 Hospital Road, Suite 507, Newport Beach, CA 92663, USA
    Brain Cogn 54:110-6. 2004
    ..In addition, the left frontal group committed significantly more perseverative errors than the right frontal group. These results suggest that the WCST is sensitive to the effects of low-grade brain tumors on executive functioning...
  7. ncbi A critical review of the clinical effects of therapeutic irradiation damage to the brain: the roots of controversy
    Carol L Armstrong
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Neuropsychol Rev 14:65-86. 2004
    ..Furthermore, radiation effects appear severe only in a minority of patients. Risk is related to direct and indirect effects of cancer type, concurrent clinical factors, and premorbid risk factors...
  8. ncbi Attention in adult intracranial tumors patients
    Bram Goldstein
    Division of Neurology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:66-78. 2003
    ..The fact that the DT group performed similarly to the other patient groups on the remaining attention measures suggests that these tumors are associated with especially poor attentional performance...
  9. ncbi Proceedings of the conference on the effects of radiotherapy on the brain and on behavior through the life span, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 6-8, 2002
    Christie Seiler
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Med Pediatr Oncol 41:460-6. 2003
  10. ncbi The impact of low-grade brain tumors on verbal fluency performance
    Bram Goldstein
    Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 26:750-8. 2004
    ..While we encountered semantic fluency impairments in this brain tumor population, we did not find the extensive deficits associated with the distinct or localized brain regions previously reported in the literature...
  11. ncbi MRI changes due to early-delayed conformal radiotherapy and postsurgical effects in patients with brain tumors
    Carol L Armstrong
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 63:56-63. 2005
    ..tumor activity is difficult in brain tumor patients during the months after XRT when white matter hyperintensities sometimes emerge. We examined brain scans in XRT-treated vs. untreated patients for early-delayed post-XRT effects...
  12. ncbi The impact of left and right intracranial tumors on picture and word recognition memory
    Bram Goldstein
    Division of Neurology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Brain Cogn 54:1-6. 2004
    ..Dual coding and enhanced visual imagery may have contributed to the patient groups' similar performance on the remainder of the measures...

Research Grants6

  1. RADIOTHERAPY EFFECTS ON BRAIN FUNCTIONING IN ADULTS
    CAROL ARMSTRONG; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ..They will gather pilot data on the sensitivity of MTI to radiation effects in 37 cases during the early and late delayed periods. Standard brain regions, tumor sites and specific regions will be examined. ..