Penny Sneed, MD
Professor
Radiation Oncology
School of Medicine

I work 2-1/2 days a week in the Radiation Oncology clinic at the Parnassus campus, specializing in the treatment of various kinds of brain tumors and brain metastases using various treatment modalities with particular expertise in Gamma Knife radiosurgery, and in palliative radiotherapy.

Education & Training

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• M.D. School of Medicine Stanford University 1981
• Residency School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco

Websites

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• Clinical Profile at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)
• Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center (ucsfhealth.org)

Grants and Projects

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• Interstitial Microwave, Rf &Ferromagnetic Hyperthermia, NIH, 1986-1989

Publications (154)

Top publication keywords:
Cranial IrradiationGlioblastomaKarnofsky Performance StatusQuality Assurance, Health CareIntracranial Arteriovenous MalformationsHyperthermia, InducedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalMeningiomaRadiotherapy DosageBrachytherapyRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedTumor BurdenBrain NeoplasmsNeuroma, AcousticRadiosurgery

• Socioeconomic predictors of case presentations and outcomes in 225 nonfunctional pituitary adenoma resections.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2021 Osorio RC, Pereira MP, Joshi RS, Donohue KC, Sneed P, Braunstein S, Theodosopoulos PV, El-Sayed IH, Gurrola J, Kunwar S, Blevins LS, Aghi MK
• Proof-of-concept single-arm trial of bevacizumab therapy for brain arteriovenous malformation.
  BMJ neurology open 2021 Muster R, Ko N, Smith W, Su H, Dickey MA, Nelson J, McCulloch CE, Sneed PK, Clarke JL, Saloner DA, Eisenmenger L, Kim H, Cooke DL
• Maximizing the use of batch production of 18F-FDOPA for imaging of brain tumors to increase availability of hybrid PET/MR imaging in clinical setting.
  Neuro-oncology practice 2020 Aboian M, Barajas R, Shatalov J, Ravanfar V, Bahroos E, Tong E, Taylor JW, Bush NO, Sneed P, Seo Y, Cha S, Hernandez-Pampaloni M
• Direct and indirect costs associated with stereotactic radiosurgery or open surgery for medial temporal lobe epilepsy: Results from the ROSE trial.
  Epilepsia 2019 Langfitt JT, Quigg M, Yan G, Yu W, Ward MM, Barbaro NM, Chang EF, Broshek DK, Laxer KD, Cole AJ, Sneed PK, Hess C, Tripathi M, Heck CN, Miller JW, Garcia PA, McEvoy A, Fountain NB, Salanova V, …
• Radiotherapy for recurrent intracranial epidermoid cysts without malignant transformation: a single-institution case series.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2019 Morshed RA, Wu SY, Sneed PK, McDermott MW

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• Survival and prognostic factors in patients with gastrointestinal cancers and brain metastases: have we made progress?
  Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine 2019 Sperduto PW, Fang P, Li J, Breen W, Brown PD, Cagney D, Aizer A, Yu J, Chiang V, Jain S, Gaspar LE, Myrehaug S, Sahgal A, Braunstein S, Sneed P, Cameron B, Attia A, Molitoris J, Wu CC, Wang TJC, …
• Temporal Dynamics of Pseudoprogression After Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas-A Retrospective Volumetric Study.
  Neurosurgery 2019 Breshears JD, Chang J, Molinaro AM, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Tward A, Theodosopoulos PV
• A robustness check procedure for hypofractionated Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2018 Chiu J, Braunstein S, Nakamura J, Theodosopoulos P, Sneed P, McDermott M, Ma L
• Estimating survival for renal cell carcinoma patients with brain metastases: an update of the Renal Graded Prognostic Assessment tool.
  Neuro-oncology 2018 Sperduto PW, Deegan BJ, Li J, Jethwa KR, Brown PD, Lockney N, Beal K, Rana NG, Attia A, Tseng CL, Sahgal A, Shanley R, Sperduto WA, Lou E, Zahra A, Buatti JM, Yu JB, Chiang V, Molitoris JK, Masucci L,…
• Impact of pretreatment growth on Tumor control for vestibular schwannomas following gamma knife.
  The Laryngoscope 2018 Chang J, Breshears JD, Molinaro AM, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Theodosopoulos PV, Tward AD
• Visual field defects after radiosurgery versus temporal lobectomy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Findings of the ROSE trial.
  Seizure 2018 Quigg M, Barbaro NM, Ward MM, Chang EF, Broshek DK, Langfitt JT, Yan G, Laxer KD, Cole AJ, Sneed PK, Hess CP, Yu W, Newman SA, Mueller S, Tripathi M, Heck CN, Miller JW, Garcia PA, McEvoy A, Fountain …
• Phase 1 investigation of lenalidomide/rituximab plus outcomes of lenalidomide maintenance in relapsed CNS lymphoma.
  Blood advances 2018 Rubenstein JL, Geng H, Fraser EJ, Formaker P, Chen L, Sharma J, Killea P, Choi K, Ventura J, Kurhanewicz J, Lowell C, Hwang J, Treseler P, Sneed PK, Li J, Wang X, Chen N, Gangoiti J, Munster PN, …
• Brain metastasis growth on preradiosurgical magnetic resonance imaging.
  Practical radiation oncology 2018 Garcia MA, Anwar M, Yu Y, Duriseti S, Merritt B, Nakamura J, Hess C, Theodosopoulos PV, McDermott M, Sneed PK, Braunstein SE
• Effect of Targeted Therapies on Prognostic Factors, Patterns of Care, and Survival in Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma and Brain Metastases.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2018 Sperduto PW, Deegan BJ, Li J, Jethwa KR, Brown PD, Lockney N, Beal K, Rana NG, Attia A, Tseng CL, Sahgal A, Shanley R, Sperduto WA, Lou E, Zahra A, Buatti JM, Yu JB, Chiang V, Molitoris JK, Masucci L,…
• Histopathological features predictive of local control of atypical meningioma after surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2018 Chen WC, Magill ST, Wu A, Vasudevan HN, Morin O, Aghi MK, Theodosopoulos PV, Perry A, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Braunstein SE, Raleigh DR
• Radiosurgery versus open surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: The randomized, controlled ROSE trial.
  Epilepsia 2018 Barbaro NM, Quigg M, Ward MM, Chang EF, Broshek DK, Langfitt JT, Yan G, Laxer KD, Cole AJ, Sneed PK, Hess CP, Yu W, Tripathi M, Heck CN, Miller JW, Garcia PA, McEvoy A, Fountain NB, Salanova V, …
• Comprehensive Molecular Profiling Identifies FOXM1 as a Key Transcription Factor for Meningioma Proliferation.
  Cell reports 2018 Vasudevan HN, Braunstein SE, Phillips JJ, Pekmezci M, Tomlin BA, Wu A, Reis GF, Magill ST, Zhang J, Feng FY, Nicholaides T, Chang SM, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Perry A, Raleigh DR
• Radiation-induced Cavernous Malformation as a Late Sequelae of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Epilepsy.
  Cureus 2018 Winkler EA, Rutledge C, Ward M, Tihan T, Sneed PK, Barbaro N, Garcia P, McDermott M, Chang EF
• Salvage therapy outcomes for atypical meningioma.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2018 Chen WC, Hara J, Magill ST, Wu A, Aghi MK, Theodosopoulos PV, Perry A, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Raleigh DR, Braunstein SE
• Resection Cavity Contraction Effects in the Use of Radioactive Sources (1-25 versus Cs-131) for Intra-Operative Brain Implants.
  Cureus 2018 Han DY, Ma L, Braunstein S, Raleigh D, Sneed PK, McDermott M
• Estimating Survival in Melanoma Patients With Brain Metastases: An Update of the Graded Prognostic Assessment for Melanoma Using Molecular Markers (Melanoma-molGPA).
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2017 Sperduto PW, Jiang W, Brown PD, Braunstein S, Sneed P, Wattson DA, Shih HA, Bangdiwala A, Shanley R, Lockney NA, Beal K, Lou E, Amatruda T, Sperduto WA, Kirkpatrick JP, Yeh N, Gaspar LE, Molitoris JK,…
• Patient-Specific Fetal Dose Determination for Multi-Target Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: Computational Model and Case Report.
  Cureus 2017 Paulsson AK, Braunstein S, Phillips J, Theodosopoulos PV, McDermott M, Sneed PK, Ma L
• 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).
  JAMA oncology 2017 Sperduto PW, Yang TJ, Beal K, Pan H, Brown PD, Bangdiwala A, Shanley R, Yeh N, Gaspar LE, Braunstein S, Sneed P, Boyle J, Kirkpatrick JP, Mak KS, Shih HA, Engelman A, Roberge D, Arvold ND, Alexander B…
• The Prognostic Value of BRAF, C-KIT, and NRAS Mutations in Melanoma Patients With Brain Metastases.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2017 Sperduto PW, Jiang W, Brown PD, Braunstein S, Sneed P, Wattson DA, Shih HA, Bangdiwala A, Shanley R, Lockney NA, Beal K, Lou E, Amatruda T, Sperduto WA, Kirkpatrick JP, Yeh N, Gaspar LE, Molitoris JK,…
• Surgical Resection and Interstitial Iodine-125 Brachytherapy for High-Grade Meningiomas: A 25-Year Series.
  Neurosurgery 2017 Magill ST, Lau D, Raleigh DR, Sneed PK, Fogh SE, McDermott MW
• Indications and Efficacy of Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Recurrent Glioblastoma: 2 Decades of Institutional Experience.
  Neurosurgery 2017 Imber BS, Kanungo I, Braunstein S, Barani IJ, Fogh SE, Nakamura JL, Berger MS, Chang EF, Molinaro AM, Cabrera JR, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Aghi MK
• Dosimetric characterization of hypofractionated Gamma Knife radiosurgery of large or complex brain tumors versus linear accelerator-based treatments.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2016 Dong P, Pérez-Andújar A, Pinnaduwage D, Braunstein S, Theodosopoulos P, McDermott M, Sneed P, Ma L
• Sharpening peripheral dose gradient via beam number enhancement from patient head tilt for stereotactic brain radiosurgery.
  Physics in medicine and biology 2016 Chiu J, Pierce M, Braunstein SE, Theodosopoulos PV, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Ma L
• Inherent functional dependence among cochlear dose surrogates for stereotactic radiosurgery of vestibular schwannomas.
  Practical radiation oncology 2016 Ma L, Braunstein SE, Theodosopoulos PV, McDermott MW, Sneed PK
• Discovery of additional brain metastases on the day of stereotactic radiosurgery: risk factors and outcomes.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2016 Garcia MA, Lazar A, Duriseti S, Raleigh DR, Hess CP, Fogh SE, Barani IJ, Nakamura JL, Larson DA, Theodosopoulos P, McDermott M, Sneed PK, Braunstein S
• Resection and brain brachytherapy with permanent iodine-125 sources for brain metastasis.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2016 Raleigh DR, Seymour ZA, Tomlin B, Theodosopoulos PV, Berger MS, Aghi MK, Geneser SE, Krishnamurthy D, Fogh SE, Sneed PK, McDermott MW
• The Effect of Gene Alterations and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition on Survival and Cause of Death in Patients With Adenocarcinoma of the Lung and Brain Metastases.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2016 Sperduto PW, Yang TJ, Beal K, Pan H, Brown PD, Bangdiwala A, Shanley R, Yeh N, Gaspar LE, Braunstein S, Sneed P, Boyle J, Kirkpatrick JP, Mak KS, Shih HA, Engelman A, Roberge D, Arvold ND, Alexander B…
• Histopathologic review of pineal parenchymal tumors identifies novel morphologic subtypes and prognostic factors for outcome.
  Neuro-oncology 2016 Raleigh DR, Solomon DA, Lloyd SA, Lazar A, Garcia MA, Sneed PK, Clarke JL, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Tihan T, Haas-Kogan DA
• Parameters influencing local control of meningiomas treated with radiosurgery.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2016 Kaprealian T, Raleigh DR, Sneed PK, Nabavizadeh N, Nakamura JL, McDermott MW
• Surgical Cavity Constriction and Local Progression Between Resection and Adjuvant Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases.
  Cureus 2016 Shah JK, Potts MB, Sneed PK, Aghi MK, McDermott MW
• Assessment of image quality and dose calculation accuracy on kV CBCT, MV CBCT, and MV CT images for urgent palliative radiotherapy treatments.
  Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2016 Held M, Cremers F, Sneed PK, Braunstein S, Fogh SE, Nakamura J, Barani I, Perez-Andujar A, Pouliot J, Morin O
• Volume-staged radiosurgery for large arteriovenous malformations: an evolving paradigm.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2015 Seymour ZA, Sneed PK, Gupta N, Lawton MT, Molinaro AM, Young W, Dowd CF, Halbach VV, Higashida RT, McDermott MW
• Skull base chondrosarcoma radiosurgery: report of the North American Gamma Knife Consortium.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2015 Kano H, Sheehan J, Sneed PK, McBride HL, Young B, Duma C, Mathieu D, Seymour Z, McDermott MW, Kondziolka D, Iyer A, Lunsford LD
• Hippocampal Dose With Radiosurgery for Multiple Intracranial Targets: The Rationale for Proactive Beam Shaping.
  Technology in cancer research & treatment 2015 Chang JS, Ma L, Barani IJ, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Larson DA
• Adverse radiation effect after stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: incidence, time course, and risk factors.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2015 Sneed PK, Mendez J, Vemer-van den Hoek JG, Seymour ZA, Ma L, Molinaro AM, Fogh SE, Nakamura JL, McDermott MW
• Interval From Imaging to Treatment Delivery in the Radiation Surgery Age: How Long Is Too Long?
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2015 Seymour ZA, Fogh SE, Westcott SK, Braunstein S, Larson DA, Barani IJ, Nakamura J, Sneed PK
• The results of a third Gamma Knife procedure for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2015 Tempel ZJ, Chivukula S, Monaco EA, Bowden G, Kano H, Niranjan A, Chang EF, Sneed PK, Kaufmann AM, Sheehan J, Mathieu D, Lunsford LD
• Clinical realization of sector beam intensity modulation for Gamma Knife radiosurgery: a pilot treatment planning study.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2014 Ma L, Mason E, Sneed PK, McDermott M, Polishchuk A, Larson DA, Sahgal A
• A treatment paradigm for high-grade brain arteriovenous malformations: volume-staged radiosurgical downgrading followed by microsurgical resection.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2014 Abla AA, Rutledge WC, Seymour ZA, Guo D, Kim H, Gupta N, Sneed PK, Barani IJ, Larson D, McDermott MW, Lawton MT
• Standardization and quality assurance of radiation therapy volumes for adults with high-grade gliomas.
  Seminars in radiation oncology 2014 Fogh S, Wahl M, Anwar M, Haas-Kogan D, Clarke JL, Sneed PK
• Pain experience using conventional versus angled anterior posts during stereotactic head frame placement for radiosurgery.
  Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2014 Wang DD, Lau D, Rolston JD, Englot DJ, Sneed PK, McDermott MW
• Impact of millimeter-level margins on peripheral normal brain sparing for gamma knife radiosurgery.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2014 Ma L, Sahgal A, Larson DA, Pinnaduwage D, Fogh S, Barani I, Nakamura J, McDermott M, Sneed P
• Stereotactic radiosurgery at a low marginal dose for the treatment of pediatric arteriovenous malformations: obliteration, complications, and functional outcomes.
  Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics 2014 Potts MB, Sheth SA, Louie J, Smyth MD, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Lawton MT, Young WL, Hetts SW, Fullerton HJ, Gupta N
• Deep arteriovenous malformations in the basal ganglia, thalamus, and insula: multimodality management, patient selection, and results.
  World neurosurgery 2014 Potts MB, Jahangiri A, Jen M, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Gupta N, Hetts SW, Young WL, Lawton MT, UCSF Brain AVM Study Project
• Whole-procedural radiological accuracy for delivering multi-session gamma knife radiosurgery with a relocatable frame system.
  Technology in cancer research & treatment 2013 Ma L, Pinnaduwage D, McDermott M, Sneed PK
• Angiographic features help predict outcome after stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of pediatric arteriovenous malformations.
  Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery 2013 Sheth SA, Potts MB, Sneed PK, Young WL, Cooke DL, Gupta N, Hetts SW
• Gamma Knife radiosurgery for the management of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas: a multicenter study.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2013 Sheehan JP, Starke RM, Mathieu D, Young B, Sneed PK, Chiang VL, Lee JY, Kano H, Park KJ, Niranjan A, Kondziolka D, Barnett GH, Rush S, Golfinos JG, Lunsford LD
• The effect of tumor subtype on the time from primary diagnosis to development of brain metastases and survival in patients with breast cancer.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2013 Sperduto PW, Kased N, Roberge D, Chao ST, Shanley R, Luo X, Sneed PK, Suh J, Weil RJ, Jensen AW, Brown PD, Shih HA, Kirkpatrick J, Gaspar LE, Fiveash JB, Chiang V, Knisely JP, Sperduto CM, Lin N, …
• Radiotherapy for recurrent epidermoid cyst.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2013 Davies JM, Trinh VT, Sneed PK, McDermott MW
• Individual beam sharpening improves composite dose fall-off near a target for non-isocentric cyberknife radiosurgery.
  Technology in cancer research & treatment 2013 Wahl M, Hwang A, Nakamura J, Barani I, Fogh S, Sneed P, McDermott M, Sahgal A, Ma L
• High-precision volume-staged Gamma Knife surgery and equivalent hypofractionation dose schedules for treating large arteriovenous malformations.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2012 Fogh S, Ma L, Gupta N, Sahgal A, Nakamura JL, Barani I, Sneed PK, McDermott M, Larson DA
• Reliability of contour-based volume calculation for radiosurgery.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2012 Ma L, Sahgal A, Nie K, Hwang A, Karotki A, Wang B, Shrieve DC, Sneed PK, McDermott M, Larson DA
• A technique for achieving submillimeter accuracy of volume-staged stereotactic radiosurgery.
  Journal of radiosurgery and SBRT 2012 Ma L, Fogh S, Gupta N, Hwang A, Pinnaduwage D, Nakamura J, Barani I, McDermott M, Sneed PK, Larson DA, Sahgal A
• Summary report on the graded prognostic assessment: an accurate and facile diagnosis-specific tool to estimate survival for patients with brain metastases.
  Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2011 Sperduto PW, Kased N, Roberge D, Xu Z, Shanley R, Luo X, Sneed PK, Chao ST, Weil RJ, Suh J, Bhatt A, Jensen AW, Brown PD, Shih HA, Kirkpatrick J, Gaspar LE, Fiveash JB, Chiang V, Knisely JP, Sperduto …
• Prognostic factors for survival in patients treated with stereotactic radiosurgery for recurrent brain metastases after prior whole brain radiotherapy.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2011 Caballero JA, Sneed PK, Lamborn KR, Ma L, Denduluri S, Nakamura JL, Barani IJ, McDermott MW
• Shot sequencing based on biological equivalent dose considerations for multiple isocenter Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
  Physics in medicine and biology 2011 Ma L, Lee L, Barani I, Hwang A, Fogh S, Nakamura J, McDermott M, Sneed P, Larson DA, Sahgal A
• Phase II and pharmacogenomics study of enzastaurin plus temozolomide during and following radiation therapy in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme and gliosarcoma.
  Neuro-oncology 2011 Butowski N, Chang SM, Lamborn KR, Polley MY, Pieper R, Costello JF, Vandenberg S, Parvataneni R, Nicole A, Sneed PK, Clarke J, Hsieh E, Costa BM, Reis RM, Hristova-Kazmierski M, Nicol SJ, Thornton DE,…
• A two-step optimization method for improving multiple brain lesion treatments with robotic radiosurgery.
  Technology in cancer research & treatment 2011 Ma L, Sahgal A, Hwang A, Hu W, Descovich M, Chuang C, Barani I, Sneed PK, McDermott M, Larson DA
• Effect of tumor subtype on survival and the graded prognostic assessment for patients with breast cancer and brain metastases.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2011 Sperduto PW, Kased N, Roberge D, Xu Z, Shanley R, Luo X, Sneed PK, Chao ST, Weil RJ, Suh J, Bhatt A, Jensen AW, Brown PD, Shih HA, Kirkpatrick J, Gaspar LE, Fiveash JB, Chiang V, Knisely JP, Sperduto …
• Stereotactic radiosurgery for chordoma: a report from the North American Gamma Knife Consortium.
  Neurosurgery 2011 Kano H, Iqbal FO, Sheehan J, Mathieu D, Seymour ZA, Niranjan A, Flickinger JC, Kondziolka D, Pollock BE, Rosseau G, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Lunsford LD
• A dosimetric comparison between Gamma Knife and CyberKnife treatment plans for trigeminal neuralgia.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2010 Descovich M, Sneed PK, Barbaro NM, McDermott MW, Chuang CF, Barani IJ, Nakamura JL, Lijun M
• Conformal microwave array (CMA) applicators for hyperthermia of diffuse chest wall recurrence.
  International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group 2010 Stauffer PR, Maccarini P, Arunachalam K, Craciunescu O, Diederich C, Juang T, Rossetto F, Schlorff J, Milligan A, Hsu J, Sneed P, Vujaskovic Z
• Diagnosis-specific prognostic factors, indexes, and treatment outcomes for patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases: a multi-institutional analysis of 4,259 patients.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2009 Sperduto PW, Chao ST, Sneed PK, Luo X, Suh J, Roberge D, Bhatt A, Jensen AW, Brown PD, Shih H, Kirkpatrick J, Schwer A, Gaspar LE, Fiveash JB, Chiang V, Knisely J, Sperduto CM, Mehta M
• Gamma Knife radiosurgery for brain metastases from primary breast cancer.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2009 Kased N, Binder DK, McDermott MW, Nakamura JL, Huang K, Berger MS, Wara WM, Sneed PK
• Phase II study of erlotinib plus temozolomide during and after radiation therapy in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme or gliosarcoma.
  Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2008 Prados MD, Chang SM, Butowski N, DeBoer R, Parvataneni R, Carliner H, Kabuubi P, Ayers-Ringler J, Rabbitt J, Page M, Fedoroff A, Sneed PK, Berger MS, McDermott MW, Parsa AT, Vandenberg S, James CD, …
• Effect of composite sector collimation on average dose fall-off for Gamma Knife Perfexion.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2008 Ma L, Verhey L, Chuang C, Descovich M, Smith V, Huang K, McDermott M, Sneed P
• Prognostic factors and grading systems for overall survival in patients treated with radiosurgery for brain metastases: variation by primary site.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2008 Golden DW, Lamborn KR, McDermott MW, Kunwar S, Wara WM, Nakamura JL, Sneed PK
• Distinguishing recurrent intra-axial metastatic tumor from radiation necrosis following gamma knife radiosurgery using dynamic susceptibility-weighted contrast-enhanced perfusion MR imaging.
  AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2008 Barajas RF, Chang JS, Sneed PK, Segal MR, McDermott MW, Cha S
• Surgical resection and permanent iodine-125 brachytherapy for brain metastases.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2008 Huang K, Sneed PK, Kunwar S, Kragten A, Larson DA, Berger MS, Chan A, Pouliot J, McDermott MW
• Radiation therapy of pathologically confirmed newly diagnosed glioblastoma in adults.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2008 Buatti J, Ryken TC, Smith MC, Sneed P, Suh JH, Mehta M, Olson JJ
• Brain metastases in breast cancer: clinical and pathologic characteristics associated with improvements in survival.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2008 Melisko ME, Moore DH, Sneed PK, De Franco J, Rugo HS
• Gamma knife radiosurgery for brainstem metastases: the UCSF experience.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2007 Kased N, Huang K, Nakamura JL, Sahgal A, Larson DA, McDermott MW, Sneed PK
• Phase I trial of gross total resection, permanent iodine-125 brachytherapy, and hyperfractionated radiotherapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2007 Chen AM, Chang S, Pouliot J, Sneed PK, Prados MD, Lamborn KR, Malec MK, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Larson DA
• Treatment for posterior fossa dissemination of primary supratentorial glioma.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2007 Smith JS, Parney IF, Lamborn KR, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Chang SM
• Management of newly diagnosed single brain metastasis using resection and permanent iodine-125 seeds without initial whole-brain radiotherapy: a two institution experience.
  Neurosurgical focus 2007 Dagnew E, Kanski J, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, McPherson C, Breneman JC, Warnick RE
• Standard treatment and experimental targeted drug therapy for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.
  Neurosurgical focus 2006 Chang SM, Butowski NA, Sneed PK, Garner IV
• Diagnosis and treatment of recurrent high-grade astrocytoma.
  Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2006 Butowski NA, Sneed PK, Chang SM
• Prognostic value of detecting recurrent glioblastoma multiforme in surgical specimens from patients after radiotherapy: should pathology evaluation alter treatment decisions?
  Human pathology 2006 Tihan T, Barletta J, Parney I, Lamborn K, Sneed PK, Chang S
• A phase II study of concurrent temozolomide and cis-retinoic acid with radiation for adult patients with newly diagnosed supratentorial glioblastoma.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2005 Butowski N, Prados MD, Lamborn KR, Larson DA, Sneed PK, Wara WM, Malec M, Rabbitt J, Page M, Chang SM
• Phase II study of temozolomide and thalidomide with radiation therapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2004 Chang SM, Lamborn KR, Malec M, Larson D, Wara W, Sneed P, Rabbitt J, Page M, Nicholas MK, Prados MD
• Permanent iodine 125 brachytherapy in patients with progressive or recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.
  Neuro-oncology 2004 Larson DA, Suplica JM, Chang SM, Lamborn KR, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Prados MD, Wara WM, Nicholas MK, Berger MS
• Surgical resection and permanent brachytherapy for recurrent atypical and malignant meningioma.
  Neurosurgery 2004 Ware ML, Larson DA, Sneed PK, Wara WW, McDermott MW
• Gamma knife radiosurgery for recurrent salivary gland malignancies involving the base of skull.
  Head & neck 2003 Lee N, Millender LE, Larson DA, Wara WM, McDermott MW, Kaplan MJ, Sneed PK
• Comparison of intensity-modulated radiosurgery with gamma knife radiosurgery for challenging skull base lesions.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2003 Nakamura JL, Pirzkall A, Carol MP, Xia P, Smith V, Wara WM, Petti PL, Verhey LJ, Sneed PK
• Phase II study of high central dose Gamma Knife radiosurgery and marimastat in patients with recurrent malignant glioma.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2002 Larson DA, Prados M, Lamborn KR, Smith V, Sneed PK, Chang S, Nicholas KM, Wara WM, Devriendt D, Kunwar S, Berger M, McDermott MW
• Metabolic imaging of low-grade gliomas with three-dimensional magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2002 Pirzkall A, Nelson SJ, McKnight TR, Takahashi MM, Li X, Graves EE, Verhey LJ, Wara WW, Larson DA, Sneed PK
• A multi-institutional review of radiosurgery alone vs. radiosurgery with whole brain radiotherapy as the initial management of brain metastases.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2002 Sneed PK, Suh JH, Goetsch SJ, Sanghavi SN, Chappell R, Buatti JM, Regine WF, Weltman E, King VJ, Breneman JC, Sperduto PW, Mehta MP
• Stereotactic radiosurgery for pediatric intracranial arteriovenous malformations: the University of California at San Francisco experience.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2002 Smyth MD, Sneed PK, Ciricillo SF, Edwards MS, Wara WM, Larson DA, Lawton MT, Gutin PH, McDermott MW
• Age and radiation response in glioblastoma multiforme.
  Neurosurgery 2001 Barker FG, Chang SM, Larson DA, Sneed PK, Wara WM, Wilson CB, Prados MD
• Dose conformity of gamma knife radiosurgery and risk factors for complications.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2001 Nakamura JL, Verhey LJ, Smith V, Petti PL, Lamborn KR, Larson DA, Wara WM, McDermott MW, Sneed PK
• EGFR overexpression and radiation response in glioblastoma multiforme.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2001 Barker FG, Simmons ML, Chang SM, Prados MD, Larson DA, Sneed PK, Wara WM, Berger MS, Chen P, Israel MA, Aldape KD
• Radiosurgery for patients with brain metastases: a multi-institutional analysis, stratified by the RTOG recursive partitioning analysis method.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2001 Sanghavi SN, Miranpuri SS, Chappell R, Buatti JM, Sneed PK, Suh JH, Regine WF, Weltman E, King VJ, Goetsch SJ, Breneman JC, Sperduto PW, Scott C, Mabanta S, Mehta MP
• MR-spectroscopy guided target delineation for high-grade gliomas.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2001 Pirzkall A, McKnight TR, Graves EE, Carol MP, Sneed PK, Wara WW, Nelson SJ, Verhey LJ, Larson DA
• Relationship between pattern of enhancement and local control of brain metastases after radiosurgery.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2001 Goodman KA, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Shiau CY, Lamborn KR, Chang S, Park E, Wara WM, Larson DA
• Radiosurgery for brain metastases from primary lung carcinoma.
  Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.) 2001 Hoffman R, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Chang S, Lamborn KR, Park E, Wara WM, Larson DA
• Radiosurgery and radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer metastatic to brain.
  Clinical lung cancer 2001 Tsao MN, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Larson DA
• Phase III trial of accelerated hyperfractionation with or without difluromethylornithine (DFMO) versus standard fractionated radiotherapy with or without DFMO for newly diagnosed patients with glioblastoma multiforme.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2001 Prados MD, Wara WM, Sneed PK, McDermott M, Chang SM, Rabbitt J, Page M, Malec M, Davis RL, Gutin PH, Lamborn K, Wilson CB, Phillips TL, Larson DA
• Radiosurgery for malignant meningioma: results in 22 patients.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2000 Ojemann SG, Sneed PK, Larson DA, Gutin PH, Berger MS, Verhey L, Smith V, Petti P, Wara W, Park E, McDermott MW
• A preliminary study of the prognostic value of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging in gamma knife radiosurgery of recurrent malignant gliomas.
  Neurosurgery 2000 Graves EE, Nelson SJ, Vigneron DB, Chin C, Verhey L, McDermott M, Larson D, Sneed PK, Chang S, Prados MD, Lamborn K, Dillon WP
• A multi-institutional analysis of complication outcomes after arteriovenous malformation radiosurgery.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1999 Flickinger JC, Kondziolka D, Lunsford LD, Pollock BE, Yamamoto M, Gorman DA, Schomberg PJ, Sneed P, Larson D, Smith V, McDermott MW, Miyawaki L, Chilton J, Morantz RA, Young B, Jokura H, Liscak R
• Radiosurgery for brain metastases: is whole brain radiotherapy necessary?
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1999 Sneed PK, Lamborn KR, Forstner JM, McDermott MW, Chang S, Park E, Gutin PH, Phillips TL, Wara WM, Larson DA
• Anesthesia for pediatric stereotactic radiosurgery.
  Anesthesiology 1998 Bauman GS, Brett CM, Ciricillo SF, Larson DA, Sneed P, Staplers LJ, Edwards M, Wara WM
• Gamma knife radiosurgery for malignant melanoma brain metastases.
  The cancer journal from Scientific American 1998 Seung SK, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Shu HK, Leong SP, Chang S, Petti PL, Smith V, Verhey LJ, Wara WM, Phillips TL, Larson DA
• Survival benefit of hyperthermia in a prospective randomized trial of brachytherapy boost +/- hyperthermia for glioblastoma multiforme.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1998 Sneed PK, Stauffer PR, McDermott MW, Diederich CJ, Lamborn KR, Prados MD, Chang S, Weaver KA, Spry L, Malec MK, Lamb SA, Voss B, Davis RL, Wara WM, Larson DA, Phillips TL, Gutin PH
• Radiation therapy and hydroxyurea followed by the combination of 6-thioguanine and BCNU for the treatment of primary malignant brain tumors.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1998 Prados MD, Larson DA, Lamborn K, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Wara WM, Chang SM, Mack EE, Krouwer HG, Chandler KL, Warnick RE, Davis RL, Rabbitt JE, Malec M, Levin VA, Gutin PH, Phillips TL, Wilson CB
• Volume MRI and MRSI techniques for the quantitation of treatment response in brain tumors: presentation of a detailed case study.
  Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 1997 Nelson SJ, Huhn S, Vigneron DB, Day MR, Wald LL, Prados M, Chang S, Gutin PH, Sneed PK, Verhey L, Hawkins RA, Dillon WP
• Serial proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging of glioblastoma multiforme after brachytherapy.
  Journal of neurosurgery 1997 Wald LL, Nelson SJ, Day MR, Noworolski SE, Henry RG, Huhn SL, Chang S, Prados MD, Sneed PK, Larson DA, Wara WM, McDermott M, Dillon WP, Gutin PH, Vigneron DB
• Neuropsychological sequelae of medulloblastoma in adults.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1997 Kramer JH, Crowe AB, Larson DA, Sneed PK, Gutin PH, McDermott MW, Prados MD
• Radiosurgery for brain metastases: relationship of dose and pattern of enhancement to local control.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1997 Shiau CY, Sneed PK, Shu HK, Lamborn KR, McDermott MW, Chang S, Nowak P, Petti PL, Smith V, Verhey LJ, Ho M, Park E, Wara WM, Gutin PH, Larson DA
• Gamma knife for glioma: selection factors and survival.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1996 Larson DA, Gutin PH, McDermott M, Lamborn K, Sneed PK, Wara WM, Flickinger JC, Kondziolka D, Lunsford LD, Hudgins WR, Friehs GM, Haselsberger K, Leber K, Pendl G, Chung SS, Coffey RJ, Dinapoli R, Shaw…
• Factors influencing survival after gamma knife radiosurgery for patients with single and multiple brain metastases.
  The cancer journal from Scientific American 1996 Shu HK, Sneed PK, Shiau CY, McDermott MW, Lamborn KR, Park E, Ho M, Petti PL, Smith V, Verhey LJ, Wara WM, Gutin PH, Larson DA
• Reirradiation of primary CNS tumors.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1996 Bauman GS, Sneed PK, Wara WM, Stalpers LJ, Chang SM, McDermott MW, Gutin PH, Larson DA
• Long-term follow-up after high-activity 125I brachytherapy for pediatric brain tumors.
  Pediatric neurosurgery 1996 Sneed PK, Russo C, Scharfen CO, Prados MD, Malec MK, Larson DA, Lamborn KR, Lamb SA, Voss B, Weaver KA, Phillips TL, Gutin PH, Wara WM, Edwards MS
• Radiosurgery for hemangioblastoma: results of a multiinstitutional experience.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1996 Patrice SJ, Sneed PK, Flickinger JC, Shrieve DC, Pollock BE, Alexander E, Larson DA, Kondziolka DS, Gutin PH, Wara WM, McDermott MW, Lunsford LD, Loeffler JS
• Direct-coupled interstitial ultrasound applicators for simultaneous thermobrachytherapy: a feasibility study.
  International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group 1996 Diederich CJ, Khalil IS, Stauffer PR, Sneed PK, Phillips TL
• Demonstration of brachytherapy boost dose-response relationships in glioblastoma multiforme.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1996 Sneed PK, Lamborn KR, Larson DA, Prados MD, Malec MK, McDermott MW, Weaver KA, Phillips TL, Wara WM, Gutin PH
• Bromodeoxyuridine labeling index in glioblastoma multiforme: relation to radiation response, age, and survival.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1996 Barker FG, Prados MD, Chang SM, Davis RL, Gutin PH, Lamborn KR, Larson DA, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Wilson CB
• Radiation response and survival time in patients with glioblastoma multiforme.
  Journal of neurosurgery 1996 Barker FG, Prados MD, Chang SM, Gutin PH, Lamborn KR, Larson DA, Malec MK, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Wara WM, Wilson CB
• Gamma knife radiosurgery in children.
  Pediatric neurosurgery 1996 Baumann GS, Wara WM, Larson DA, Sneed PK, Gutin PH, Ciricillo SF, McDermott MW, Park E, Stalpers LJ, Verhey LJ, Smith V, Petti PL, Edwards MS
• Radiation therapy for primary intracranial germ-cell tumors.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1995 Wolden SL, Wara WM, Larson DA, Prados MD, Edwards MS, Sneed PK
• Fetal dose estimates for radiotherapy of brain tumors during pregnancy.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1995 Sneed PK, Albright NW, Wara WM, Prados MD, Wilson CB
• Large effect of age on the survival of patients with glioblastoma treated with radiotherapy and brachytherapy boost.
  Neurosurgery 1995 Sneed PK, Prados MD, McDermott MW, Larson DA, Malec MK, Lamborn KR, Davis RL, Weaver KA, Wara WM, Phillips TL
• Pattern of recurrence of medulloblastoma after low-dose craniospinal radiotherapy.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1994 Wara WM, Le QT, Sneed PK, Larson DA, Prados MD, Levin VA, Edwards MS, Weil MD
• Patterns of recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme after external irradiation followed by implant boost.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1994 Sneed PK, Gutin PH, Larson DA, Malec MK, Phillips TL, Prados MD, Scharfen CO, Weaver KA, Wara WM
• A multi-institutional experience with stereotactic radiosurgery for solitary brain metastasis.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1994 Flickinger JC, Kondziolka D, Lunsford LD, Coffey RJ, Goodman ML, Shaw EG, Hudgins WR, Weiner R, Harsh GR, Sneed PK
• HSP 70 synthesis in clinical hyperthermia patients: preliminary results of a new technique.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1994 Marquez CM, Sneed PK, Li GC, Mak JY, Phillips TL
• Practical induction heating coil designs for clinical hyperthermia with ferromagnetic implants.
  IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering 1994 Stauffer PR, Sneed PK, Hashemi H, Phillips TL
• The role of radiation therapy in the treatment of craniopharyngioma.
  Pediatric neurosurgery 1994 Wara WM, Sneed PK, Larson DA
• Evaluation of 45 degrees C hyperthermia and irradiation. II. A phase I clinical trial in humans by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group.
  American journal of clinical oncology 1993 Perez CA, Scott C, Emami B, Hornback NB, Sneed PK, Asbell SO, Janjan NA
• Heating patterns of the Helios ultrasound hyperthermia system.
  International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group 1993 Lindsley K, Stauffer PR, Sneed P, Chin R, Phillips TL, Seppi E, Shapiro E, Henderson S
• Interstitial thermoradiotherapy with ferromagnetic implants for locally advanced and recurrent neoplasms.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1993 Mack CF, Stea B, Kittelson JM, Shimm DS, Sneed PK, Phillips TL, Swift PS, Luk K, Vora N, Stauffer PR
• Phase I/II trial of accelerated fractionation in brain metastases RTOG 85-28.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1993 Sause WT, Scott C, Krisch R, Rotman M, Sneed PK, Janjan N, Davis L, Curran W, Choi KN, Selim H
• Improved survival duration in patients with unresected solitary brain metastasis using accelerated hyperfractionated radiation therapy at total doses of 54.4 gray and greater. Results of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 85-28.
  Cancer 1993 Epstein BE, Scott CB, Sause WT, Rotman M, Sneed PK, Janjan NA, Davis LW, Selim H, Mohiuddin M, Wasserman TH
• High activity iodine-125 interstitial implant for gliomas.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1992 Scharfen CO, Sneed PK, Wara WM, Larson DA, Phillips TL, Prados MD, Weaver KA, Malec M, Acord P, Lamborn KR
• Highly anaplastic astrocytoma: a review of 357 patients treated between 1977 and 1989.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1992 Prados MD, Gutin PH, Phillips TL, Wara WM, Larson DA, Sneed PK, Davis RL, Ahn DK, Lamborn K, Wilson CB
• Hyperfractionated radiation therapy for gliomas of the brainstem in children and in adults.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1992 Shrieve DC, Wara WM, Edwards MS, Sneed PK, Prados MD, Cogen PH, Larson DA, Levin VA
• Interstitial brachytherapy for newly diagnosed patients with malignant gliomas: the UCSF experience.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1992 Prados MD, Gutin PH, Phillips TL, Wara WM, Sneed PK, Larson DA, Lamb SA, Ham B, Malec MK, Wilson CB
• Thermoradiotherapy of recurrent malignant brain tumors.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1992 Sneed PK, Gutin PH, Stauffer PR, Phillips TL, Prados MD, Weaver KA, Suen S, Lamb SA, Ham B, Ahn DK
• External irradiation followed by an interstitial high activity iodine-125 implant "boost" in the initial treatment of malignant gliomas: NCOG study 6G-82-2.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1991 Gutin PH, Prados MD, Phillips TL, Wara WM, Larson DA, Leibel SA, Sneed PK, Levin VA, Weaver KA, Silver P
• Combining hyperthermia and radiation: how beneficial?
  Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.) 1991 Sneed PK, Phillips TL
• Interstitial irradiation and hyperthermia for the treatment of recurrent malignant brain tumors.
  Neurosurgery 1991 Sneed PK, Stauffer PR, Gutin PH, Phillips TL, Suen S, Weaver KA, Lamb SA, Ham B, Prados MD, Larson DA
• Microwave hyperthermia for choroidal melanoma in rabbits.
  Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 1990 Swift PS, Stauffer PR, Fries PD, Kaleta-Michaels S, Murray T, Sneed PK, Phillips TL, Char DH
• Stereotaxic irradiation of brain tumors.
  Cancer 1990 Larson DA, Gutin PH, Leibel SA, Phillips TL, Sneed PK, Wara WM
• Comparative thermal dosimetry of interstitial microwave and radiofrequency-LCF hyperthermia.
  International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group 1989 Stauffer PR, Sneed PK, Suen SA, Satoh T, Matsumoto K, Fike JR, Phillips TL
• Interstitial helical coil microwave antenna for experimental brain hyperthermia.
  Neurosurgery 1988 Satoh T, Seilhan TM, Stauffer PR, Sneed PK, Fike JR
• Interstitial microwave hyperthermia in a canine brain model.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 1986 Sneed PK, Matsumoto K, Stauffer PR, Fike JR, Smith V, Gutin PH
• [Hyperthermia in malignant brain tumors. Interstitial microwave hyperthermia in a canine brain model].
  Neurologia medico-chirurgica 1986 Matsumoto K, Stauffer PR, Fike JR, Turowski K, Sneed P, Gutin PH
• Extralymphatic involvement in diffuse non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 1983 Paryani S, Hoppe RT, Burke JS, Sneed P, Dawley D, Cox RS, Rosenberg SA, Kaplan HS
• A thresholding for radionuclide angiocardiography.
  Investigative radiology 1981 Goris ML, Briandet PA, Thomas AJ, McKillop JH, Sneed P, Wiklander DP