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Normand J Laperriere, FRCPC, MD
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Clinical Studies Resource Centre Member
Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI) |
Keywords: brain neoplasms, eye neoplasms, pediatric neoplasms, stereotactic radiation therapy
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- Management of primary and secondary tumours of the CNS, eyes, and pediatric malignancies
- Methods of optimizing radiation treatment for malignancies of the brain by conformal radiation therapy and/or sensitizing agents.
- Determining the value of stereotactically directed radiation therapy for primary tumours of the eye.
- Investigating predictive values of MRI spectroscopy/PET changes relative to recurrence patterns of malignant glioma in brain.
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Selected Publications | - Bezjak A, Adam J, Barton R, Panzarella T, Laperriere N, Wong CS, Mason W, Buckley C, Levin W, McLean M, Wu JSY,
Sia M, Kirkbride P. Symptom response after palliative radiotherapy for patients with brain metastases. European Journal of Cancer 38(4):487-96, Jan 2002.
- Szumacher E, Schwartz M, Tsao M, Jaywant S, Franssen E, Wong CS, Ramani R, Lighstone A, Davey P, Michaels H,
Hayter C, Laperriere NJ. Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of vestibular schwannomas: combined experience of the Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre and the Princess Margaret Hospital. Int J
Rad Onc Biol Phys 53:987-991, Sept 2002.
- Laperriere N, Zuraw L, Cairncross G, The Cancer Care Ontario
Practice Guidelines Initiative Neuro-Oncology Disease Site Group: Radiotherapy for newly diagnosed malignant glioma
in adults: a systematic review. Radiotherapy & Oncology 64:259-273, Sept 2002.
- Tsao MN, Schwartz ML, Bernstein M, Halliday WC, Lightstone AW, Hamilton MG, Jaywant S, Laperriere N: Capillary
hemangioma of the cavernous sinus: report of 2 cases with complete response to stereotactic radiation. J Neurosurg 98:169-174, Jan 2003.
- Kaplan DM, Hehar SS, Tator C, Guha A, Laperriere N, Bance M, Rutka JA. Hearing loss in acoustic neuromas following stereotactic radiotherapy. J Otolaryngol. 32(1):23-32, Feb 2003.
- Loblaw DA, Laperriere NJ, Mackillop WJ. A population based study of malignant spinal cord compression in Ontario.
Clin Oncol 15(4):211-7, June 2003.
- Bakish J, Hargrave D, Tariq N, Laperriere N, Rutka J, Bouffet E. Evaluation of Dietetic Intervention in Children
with Medulloblastoma and Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors. Cancer 98:1014-1020,September 2003.
- Al-Gahtany M,Shroft M, Bouffet E, Dirks P, Drake J, Humphreys R, Laperriere N, Hawkins C, Rutka J. Primary central nervous system sarcomas in children: clinical, radiological, and pathological features. Childs Nerv
Syst 19(12):808-17. December 2003.
- Emara K, Weisbrod DJ, Sahgal A, McGowan H, Jaywant S, Michaels H, Payne D, Pintilie M, Laperriere NJ, Simpson ER.
Stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma: preliminary results. Int
J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 59:94-100, May 2004.
- Millar BA, Bezjak A, Tsao M, Sturdza A, Laperriere N. Defining the impact and contribution of steroids in patients
receiving whole-brain irradiation for cerebral metastases. Clinical Oncology 16:339-344, Aug 2004.
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