Narek Shaverdian

Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Center for Health Policy and Outcomes, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Electronic address:

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October 2020

Cost Effectiveness of External Beam Radiation Therapy versus Percutaneous Image-Guided Cryoablation for Palliation of Uncomplicated Bone Metastases.

Authors:

Eric M Chang Narek Shaverdian Nina Capiro Michael L Steinberg Ann C Raldow

J Vasc Interv Radiol 2020 Aug 13;31(8):1221-1232. Epub 2020 Jul 13.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address:

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August 2020

Clinical and Radiographic Presentations of COVID-19 Among Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Thoracic Malignancies.

Authors:

Pamela Samson Matthew S Ning Narek Shaverdian Annemarie F Shepherd Daniel R Gomez Gwendolyn J McGinnis Paige L Nitsch Steven Chmura Michael S O'Reilly Percy Lee Joe Y Chang Clifford Robinson Steven H Lin

Adv Radiat Oncol 2020 Jul-Aug;5(4):700-704. Epub 2020 May 11.

Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

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May 2020

Need for Caution in the Diagnosis of Radiation Pneumonitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Annemarie F Shepherd Andreas Rimner Abraham J Wu Charles B Simone Daphna Y Gelblum Daniel R Gomez

Adv Radiat Oncol 2020 Jul-Aug;5(4):617-620. Epub 2020 May 5.

Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.

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May 2020

Radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer patients treated with chemoradiation plus durvalumab.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Maria Thor Annemarie F Shepherd Michael D Offin Andrew Jackson Abraham J Wu Daphna Y Gelblum Ellen D Yorke Charles B Simone Jamie E Chaft Matthew D Hellmann Daniel R Gomez Andreas Rimner Joseph O Deasy

Cancer Med 2020 07 6;9(13):4622-4631. Epub 2020 May 6.

Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.

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July 2020

Clinical outcomes, local-regional control and the role for metastasis-directed therapies in stage III non-small cell lung cancers treated with chemoradiation and durvalumab.

Authors:

Michael Offin Narek Shaverdian Andreas Rimner Stephanie Lobaugh Annemarie F Shepherd Charles B Simone Daphna Y Gelblum Abraham J Wu Nancy Lee Mark G Kris Charles M Rudin Zhigang Zhang Matthew D Hellmann Jamie E Chaft Daniel R Gomez

Radiother Oncol 2020 Aug 30;149:205-211. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States. Electronic address:

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August 2020

Thoracic Radiation Therapy During Coronavirus Disease 2019: Provisional Guidelines from a Comprehensive Cancer Center within a Pandemic Epicenter.

Authors:

Abraham J Wu Andreas Rimner Annemarie F Shepherd Daphna Y Gelblum Narek Shaverdian Ellen Yorke Charles B Simone Daniel R Gomez

Adv Radiat Oncol 2020 Jul-Aug;5(4):603-607. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.

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April 2020

Delivering safe and effective stereotactic body radiation therapy for patients with centrally located early stage non-small cell lung cancer.

Authors:

Justin M Haseltine Andreas Rimner Annemarie F Shepherd Abraham J Wu Daphna Y Gelblum Narek Shaverdian Daniel R Gomez Charles B Simone

Chin Clin Oncol 2020 06 15;9(3):39. Epub 2020 Jan 15.

Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; New York Proton Center, New York, NY, USA.

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June 2020

Effect of Radiation Doses to the Heart on Survival for Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Early-stage Non-Small-cell Lung Cancer: An Artificial Neural Network Approach.

Authors:

Shawna T Chan Dan Ruan Narek Shaverdian Govind Raghavan Minsong Cao Percy Lee

Clin Lung Cancer 2020 03 21;21(2):136-144.e1. Epub 2019 Oct 21.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address:

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March 2020

Utilization and factors precluding the initiation of consolidative durvalumab in unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Michael D Offin Andreas Rimner Annemarie F Shepherd Abraham J Wu Charles M Rudin Matthew D Hellmann Jamie E Chaft Daniel R Gomez

Radiother Oncol 2020 Mar 28;144:101-104. Epub 2019 Nov 28.

Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States.

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March 2020

Nationwide Survey of Patients' Perspectives Regarding Their Radiation and Multidisciplinary Cancer Treatment Experiences.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Debra N Yeboa Liz Gardner Paul M Harari Kaiping Liao Susan McCloskey Richard Tuli Neha Vapiwala Reshma Jagsi

J Oncol Pract 2019 12 20;15(12):e1010-e1017. Epub 2019 Nov 20.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

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December 2019

Imaging of Novel Oncologic Treatments in Lung Cancer Part 2: Local Ablative Therapies.

Authors:

Darragh Halpenny Elisabeth O'Dwyer Juan Camacho Vasquez Narek Shaverdian Jeffrey Girshman Michelle S Ginsberg

J Thorac Imaging 2020 Jan;35(1):37-48

Departments of Radiology.

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January 2020

Truthfulness in patient-reported outcomes: factors affecting patients' responses and impact on data quality.

Authors:

Eric M Chang Erin F Gillespie Narek Shaverdian

Patient Relat Outcome Meas 2019 11;10:171-186. Epub 2019 Jun 11.

Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.

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June 2019

Patient perspectives and treatment regret after de-escalated chemoradiation for human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer: Findings from a phase II trial.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian John V Hegde Carol Felix Sophia Hsu Vincent Basehart Michael L Steinberg Allen M Chen

Head Neck 2019 08 8;41(8):2768-2776. Epub 2019 Apr 8.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.

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August 2019

Long-term Outcomes of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Low-Risk and Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer.

JAMA Netw Open 2019 02 1;2(2):e188006. Epub 2019 Feb 1.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles.

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February 2019

A Multi-Institutional Experience of MR-Guided Liver Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy.

Authors:

Stephen A Rosenberg Lauren E Henke Narek Shaverdian Kathryn Mittauer Andrzej P Wojcieszynski Craig R Hullett Mitchell Kamrava James Lamb Minsong Cao Olga L Green Rojano Kashani Bhudatt Paliwal John Bayouth Paul M Harari Jeffrey R Olsen Percy Lee Parag J Parikh Michael Bassetti

Adv Radiat Oncol 2019 Jan-Mar;4(1):142-149. Epub 2018 Aug 23.

Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.

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August 2018

Impact of Open Access to Physician Notes on Radiation Oncology Patients: Results from an Exploratory Survey.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Eric M Chang Fang-I Chu Elizabeth Grace Morasso Michael A Pfeffer Eric M Cheng Allan Wu Susan A McCloskey Ann C Raldow Michael L Steinberg

Pract Radiat Oncol 2019 Mar 17;9(2):102-107. Epub 2018 Oct 17.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

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March 2019

Comparing Outcomes of Patients With Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Based on Frailty Status.

Authors:

Govind Raghavan Narek Shaverdian Shawna Chan Fang-I Chu Percy Lee

Clin Lung Cancer 2018 09 6;19(5):e759-e766. Epub 2018 Jun 6.

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address:

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September 2018

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidance Mitigates the Effects of Intrafraction Prostate Motion During Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer.

Authors:

John V Hegde Minsong Cao Victoria Y Yu Amar U Kishan Narek Shaverdian James Lamb Michael L Steinberg

Cureus 2018 Apr 6;10(4):e2442. Epub 2018 Apr 6.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles.

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April 2018

Respiratory motion-resolved, self-gated 4D-MRI using Rotating Cartesian K-space (ROCK): Initial clinical experience on an MRI-guided radiotherapy system.

Authors:

Fei Han Ziwu Zhou Dongsu Du Yu Gao Shams Rashid Minsong Cao Narek Shaverdian John V Hegde Michael Steinberg Percy Lee Ann Raldow Daniel A Low Ke Sheng Yingli Yang Peng Hu

Radiother Oncol 2018 06 9;127(3):467-473. Epub 2018 May 9.

Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Electronic address:

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June 2018

Accelerated 3D bSSFP imaging for treatment planning on an MRI-guided radiotherapy system.

Authors:

Yu Gao Ziwu Zhou Fei Han Minsong Cao Narek Shaverdian John V Hegde Biraj B Bista Michael Steinberg Percy Lee Ann Raldow Daniel A Low Yingli Yang Peng Hu

Med Phys 2018 Jun 6;45(6):2595-2602. Epub 2018 May 6.

Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.

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June 2018

Potential Impact of Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT on the Planning of Definitive Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer.

Authors:

Jeremie Calais Amar U Kishan Minsong Cao Wolfgang P Fendler Matthias Eiber Ken Herrmann Francesco Ceci Robert E Reiter Matthew B Rettig John V Hegde Narek Shaverdian Chris R King Michael L Steinberg Johannes Czernin Nicholas G Nickols

J Nucl Med 2018 11 13;59(11):1714-1721. Epub 2018 Apr 13.

Department of Radiation Oncology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California

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November 2018

The patient's perspective on breast radiotherapy: Initial fears and expectations versus reality.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Xiaoyan Wang John V Hegde Criselda Aledia Joanne B Weidhaas Michael L Steinberg Susan A McCloskey

Cancer 2018 04 26;124(8):1673-1681. Epub 2018 Feb 26.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

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April 2018

Comparison of lung tumor motion measured using a model-based 4DCT technique and a commercial protocol.

Authors:

Dylan O'Connell Narek Shaverdian Amar U Kishan David H Thomas Tai H Dou John H Lewis James M Lamb Minsong Cao Stephen Tenn Lee P Percy Daniel A Low

Pract Radiat Oncol 2018 May - Jun;8(3):e175-e183. Epub 2017 Nov 11.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

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September 2018

Treatment-Related Adverse Events Predict Improved Clinical Outcome in NSCLC Patients on KEYNOTE-001 at a Single Center.

Cancer Immunol Res 2018 03 30;6(3):288-294. Epub 2018 Jan 30.

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

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March 2018

Functional Outcomes After De-escalated Chemoradiation Therapy for Human Papillomavirus-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer: Secondary Analysis of a Phase 2 Trial.

Authors:

John V Hegde Narek Shaverdian Carol Felix Pin-Chieh Wang Darlene Veruttipong Sophia Hsu Jonathan W Riess Shyam D Rao Megan E Daly Allen M Chen

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018 03 6;100(3):647-651. Epub 2017 Nov 6.

Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address:

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March 2018

Radiotherapy: the key to immunotherapy ignition?

Authors:

Elaine Luterstein Narek Shaverdian Percy Lee

Oncotarget 2017 Nov 25;8(55):93307-93308. Epub 2017 Oct 25.

Percy Lee: Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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November 2017

Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT Mapping of Prostate Cancer Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy in 270 Patients with a PSA Level of Less Than 1.0 ng/mL: Impact on Salvage Radiotherapy Planning.

Authors:

Jeremie Calais Johannes Czernin Minsong Cao Amar U Kishan John V Hegde Narek Shaverdian Kiri Sandler Fang-I Chu Chris R King Michael L Steinberg Isabel Rauscher Nina-Sophie Schmidt-Hegemann Thorsten Poeppel Philipp Hetkamp Francesco Ceci Ken Herrmann Wolfgang P Fendler Matthias Eiber Nicholas G Nickols

J Nucl Med 2018 02 9;59(2):230-237. Epub 2017 Nov 9.

Department of Radiation Oncology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

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February 2018

Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Implementation of a New Process of Care.

Authors:

James Lamb Minsong Cao Amar Kishan Nzhde Agazaryan David H Thomas Narek Shaverdian Yingli Yang Suzette Ray Daniel A Low Ann Raldow Michael L Steinberg Percy Lee

Cureus 2017 Aug 27;9(8):e1618. Epub 2017 Aug 27.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles.

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August 2017

Patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes after de-escalated chemoradiation for human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal carcinoma: Findings from a phase 2 trial.

Authors:

John V Hegde Narek Shaverdian Megan E Daly Carol Felix Deborah L Wong Michael H Rosove Jordan H Garst Pin-Chieh Wang Darlene Veruttipong Shyam Rao Ruben C Fragoso Jonathan W Riess Michael L Steinberg Allen M Chen

Cancer 2018 02 17;124(3):521-529. Epub 2017 Oct 17.

Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

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February 2018

Why is survival after pembrolizumab affected by previous radiotherapy? - Authors' reply.

Authors:

Percy Lee Narek Shaverdian

Lancet Oncol 2017 09;18(9):e505

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

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September 2017

Gaps in Radiation Therapy Awareness: Results From an Educational Multi-institutional Survey of US Internal Medicine Residents.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Sun Mi Yoo Ryan Cook Eric M Chang Naomi Jiang Ye Yuan Kiri Sandler Michael Steinberg Percy Lee

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017 08 29;98(5):1153-1161. Epub 2017 Mar 29.

Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address:

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August 2017

In Reply to Scott.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Michael L Steinberg Christopher R King

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017 05;98(1):217

Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

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May 2017

Previous radiotherapy and the clinical activity and toxicity of pembrolizumab in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer: a secondary analysis of the KEYNOTE-001 phase 1 trial.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Aaron E Lisberg Krikor Bornazyan Darlene Veruttipong Jonathan W Goldman Silvia C Formenti Edward B Garon Percy Lee

Lancet Oncol 2017 07 24;18(7):895-903. Epub 2017 May 24.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address:

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July 2017

Impact of the Primary Information Source Used for Decision Making on Treatment Perceptions and Regret in Prostate Cancer.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Amar U Kishan Darlene Veruttipong D Jeffrey Demanes Patrick Kupelian Susan McCloskey Michael L Steinberg Christopher R King

Am J Clin Oncol 2018 09;41(9):898-904

Departments of Radiation Oncology.

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September 2018

Treatment trends for patients with brain metastases: Does practice reflect the data?

Authors:

Kiri A Sandler Narek Shaverdian Ryan R Cook Amar U Kishan Christopher R King Isaac Yang Michael L Steinberg Percy Lee

Cancer 2017 Jun 8;123(12):2274-2282. Epub 2017 Feb 8.

Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

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June 2017

Exploring Value From the Patient's Perspective Between Modern Radiation Therapy Modalities for Localized Prostate Cancer.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Darlene Verruttipong Pin-Chieh Wang Amar U Kishan D Jeffrey Demanes Susan McCloskey Patrick Kupelian Michael L Steinberg Christopher R King

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017 03 24;97(3):516-525. Epub 2016 Nov 24.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

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March 2017

Feasibility evaluation of diffusion-weighted imaging using an integrated MRI-radiotherapy system for response assessment to neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Yingli Yang Peng Hu Steven Hart Ke Sheng James Lamb Minsong Cao Nzhde Agazaryan David Thomas Michael Steinberg Daniel A Low Percy Lee

Br J Radiol 2017 Mar 12;90(1071):20160739. Epub 2017 Jan 12.

1 Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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March 2017

Location Matters: Stage I Non-Small-cell Carcinomas of the Lower Lobes Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Are Associated With Poor Outcomes.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Darlene Veruttipong Jason Wang Patrick Kupelian Michael Steinberg Percy Lee

Clin Lung Cancer 2017 03 28;18(2):e137-e142. Epub 2016 Oct 28.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address:

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March 2017

Pro-inflammatory State Portends Poor Outcomes with Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Jason Wang Rebecca Levin-Epstein Dorthe Schaue Patrick Kupelian Percy Lee Isaac Yang Tania Kaprealian

Anticancer Res 2016 10;36(10):5333-5337

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

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October 2016

Pretreatment Anemia Portends Poor Survival and Nonlocal Disease Progression in Patients with Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Darlene Veruttipong Jason Wang Patrick Kupelian Michael Steinberg Percy Lee

J Thorac Oncol 2016 08 24;11(8):1319-1325. Epub 2016 May 24.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address:

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August 2016

The significance of PTV dose coverage on cancer control outcomes in early stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with highly ablative stereotactic body radiation therapy.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Stephen Tenn Darlene Veruttipong Jason Wang John Hegde Chul Lee Minsong Cao Nzhde Agazaryan Michael Steinberg Patrick Kupelian Percy Lee

Br J Radiol 2016 14;89(1059):20150963. Epub 2016 Jan 14.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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July 2016

Pretreatment Immune Parameters Predict for Overall Survival and Toxicity in Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy.

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Darlene Veruttipong Jason Wang Dorthe Schaue Patrick Kupelian Percy Lee

Clin Lung Cancer 2016 Jan 5;17(1):39-46. Epub 2015 Aug 5.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address:

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January 2016

The patient's perspective on stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) vs. surgery for treatment of early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Authors:

Narek Shaverdian Pin-Chieh Wang Michael Steinberg Percy Lee

Lung Cancer 2015 Nov 29;90(2):230-3. Epub 2015 Jul 29.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite B265, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6951, USA. Electronic address:

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November 2015