2016
Timing and type of immune checkpoint therapy affect the early radiographic response of melanoma brain metastases to stereotactic radiosurgery
Qian JM, Yu JB, Kluger HM, Chiang VL. Timing and type of immune checkpoint therapy affect the early radiographic response of melanoma brain metastases to stereotactic radiosurgery. Cancer 2016, 122: 3051-3058. PMID: 27285122, PMCID: PMC5030143, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedian percent reductionImmune checkpoint therapyLesional responseStereotactic radiosurgeryCheckpoint therapyLesion volumeAnti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4Anti-programmed cell death protein 1T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4Anti-PD-1 therapyGreater median percent reductionsCell death protein 1Administration of immunotherapyWeeks of immunotherapyMelanoma brain metastasesDeath protein 1Type of immunotherapyWilcoxon rank sum testRank sum testNonconcurrent therapyBrain metastasesMelanoma patientsTreatment of cancerSingle institutionPercent reduction
2014
Clinical characteristics associated with Spitz nevi and Spitzoid malignant melanomas: The Yale University Spitzoid Neoplasm Repository experience, 1991 to 2008
Lott JP, Wititsuwannakul J, Lee JJ, Ariyan S, Narayan D, Kluger HH, Lazova R. Clinical characteristics associated with Spitz nevi and Spitzoid malignant melanomas: The Yale University Spitzoid Neoplasm Repository experience, 1991 to 2008. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2014, 71: 1077-1082. PMID: 25308882, PMCID: PMC6133655, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalignant melanomaSpitzoid malignant melanomasSpitz neviClinical characteristicsRetrospective cohort studyMultivariate logistic regressionMalignant melanoma diagnosisSelect patientsCohort studyYounger patientsClinical featuresSingle institutionMale genderMelanomaSmall lesionsLogistic regressionNeviSmall sample sizeLesionsMelanoma diagnosisDiagnosisUnmeasured confoundingPatientsDescriptive statisticsAge