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Laurie E. Gaspar is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical fields, with a strong emphasis on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, epidemiology, radiation, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The key research topics in Gaspar's body of work include:

  • Lung Cancer Research Studies
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment

Gaspar has published extensively in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (9 publications)
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (6 publications)
  • Neuro-Oncology (2 publications)
  • Radiotherapy and Oncology (1 publication)
  • Lung Cancer (1 publication)

Among notable publications are:

  • Treatment for Brain Metastases: ASCO-SNO-ASTRO Guideline, 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Therapy for Stage IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Without Driver Alterations: ASCO and OH (CCO) Joint Guideline Update, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Survival in Patients With Brain Metastases: Summary Report on the Updated Diagnosis-Specific Graded Prognostic Assessment and Definition of the Eligibility Quotient, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Therapy for Stage IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer With Driver Alterations: ASCO and OH (CCO) Joint Guideline Update, 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Beyond an Updated Graded Prognostic Assessment (Breast GPA): A Prognostic Index and Trends in Treatment and Survival in Breast Cancer Brain Metastases From 1985 to Today, 2020, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Gaspar frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Paul D. Brown
  • Gregory A. Masters
  • Minesh P. Mehta
  • Junheng Gao
  • John V. Heymach

The scientist's work spans a wide array of clinical and research-oriented areas in medicine, particularly emphasizing the development of treatments and prognostic assessments for lung cancer and brain metastases. Their research includes updated guidelines and summary reports that contribute to the understanding and clinical management of these conditions.

Best Publications

  • Recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) of prognostic factors in three radiation therapy oncology group (RTOG) brain metastases trials

    Laurie Gaspar;Charles Scott;Marvin Rotman;Sucha Asbell

  • Whole brain radiation therapy with or without stereotactic radiosurgery boost for patients with one to three brain metastases: phase III results of the RTOG 9508 randomised trial

    David W Andrews;Charles B Scott;Paul W Sperduto;Adam E Flanders

  • Summary Report on the Graded Prognostic Assessment: An Accurate and Facile Diagnosis-Specific Tool to Estimate Survival for Patients With Brain Metastases

    Paul W. Sperduto;Norbert Kased;David Roberge;Zhiyuan Xu

  • Local Consolidative Therapy Vs. Maintenance Therapy or Observation for Patients With Oligometastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Long-Term Results of a Multi-Institutional, Phase II, Randomized Study.

    Daniel R. Gomez;Chad Tang;Jianjun Zhang;George R. Blumenschein

  • Local consolidative therapy versus maintenance therapy or observation for patients with oligometastatic non-small-cell lung cancer without progression after first-line systemic therapy: a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 2 study

    Daniel R Gomez;George R Blumenschein;J Jack Lee;Mike Hernandez

  • A New Prognostic Index and Comparison to Three Other Indices for Patients With Brain Metastases: An Analysis of 1,960 Patients in the RTOG Database

    Paul W. Sperduto;Brian Berkey;Laurie E. Gaspar;Minesh Mehta

  • 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;Samuel T. Chao;Penny K. Sneed;Xianghua Luo

  • Multi-Institutional Phase I/II Trial of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Lung Metastases

    Kyle E. Rusthoven;Brian D. Kavanagh;Stuart H. Burri;Changhu Chen

  • Response assessment criteria for brain metastases: proposal from the RANO group

    Nancy U Lin;Eudocia Q Lee;Hidefumi Aoyama;Igor J Barani

  • A randomized trial to assess the efficacy of surgery in addition to radiotherapy in patients with a single cerebral metastasis

    Arlan H. Mintz;John Kestle;Michel P. Rathbone;Laurie Gaspar

  • Phase III Trial of Maintenance Gefitinib or Placebo After Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy and Docetaxel Consolidation in Inoperable Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: SWOG S0023

    Karen Kelly;Kari Chansky;Laurie E. Gaspar;Kathy S. Albain

  • Local Ablative Therapy of Oligoprogressive Disease Prolongs Disease Control by Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Oncogene-Addicted Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Andrew J. Weickhardt;Benjamin Scheier;Joseph Malachy Burke;Gregory Gan

  • Radiotherapeutic and surgical management for newly diagnosed brain metastasis(es): An American Society for Radiation Oncology evidence-based guideline

    May N. Tsao;Dirk Rades;Andrew Wirth;Simon S. Lo

  • Validation of the RTOG recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) classification for brain metastases.

    Laurie E. Gaspar;Charles Scott;Kevin Murray;Walter Curran

  • Neurocognitive Function and Progression in Patients With Brain Metastases Treated With Whole-Brain Radiation and Motexafin Gadolinium: Results of a Randomized Phase III Trial

    Christina A. Meyers;Jennifer A. Smith;Andrea Bezjak;Minesh P. Mehta

  • Estimating Survival in Patients With Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases: An Update of the Graded Prognostic Assessment for Lung Cancer Using Molecular Markers (Lung-molGPA)

    Paul W. Sperduto;T. Jonathan Yang;Kathryn Beal;Hubert Pan

  • The role of stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases: a systematic review and evidence-based clinical practice guideline

    Mark E. Linskey;David W. Andrews;Anthony L. Asher;Stuart H. Burri

  • Patterns of Surgical Care of Lung Cancer Patients

    Alex G. Little;Valerie W. Rusch;James A. Bonner;Laurie E. Gaspar

  • Consolidation Docetaxel After Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Stage IIIB Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Phase II Southwest Oncology Group Study S9504

    David R. Gandara;Kari Chansky;Kathy S. Albain;Bryan R. Leigh

  • A phase I trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for liver metastases.

    Tracey E. Schefter;Brian D. Kavanagh;Robert D. Timmerman;Higinia R. Cardenes

Frequent Co-Authors

Minesh P. Mehta
Minesh P. Mehta University of Maryland, Baltimore
Paul D. Brown
Paul D. Brown Mayo Clinic
D. Ross Camidge
D. Ross Camidge University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
David R. Gandara
David R. Gandara University of California, Davis
John H. Suh
John H. Suh Cleveland Clinic
Robert Timmerman
Robert Timmerman The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Walter J. Curran
Walter J. Curran Emory University
David W. Andrews
David W. Andrews Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Penny K. Sneed
Penny K. Sneed University of California, San Francisco
Kathy S. Albain
Kathy S. Albain Loyola University Chicago

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