2019
Short Tandem Repeats Define a Gestational Origin for Metastatic Choriocarcinoma
Brown K, Homer R, Baine M, Blasberg JD. Short Tandem Repeats Define a Gestational Origin for Metastatic Choriocarcinoma. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2019, 108: e115-e117. PMID: 30685255, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.12.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlacenta accretaSpontaneous hemothoraxGestational choriocarcinomaLower lobe massMetastatic gestational choriocarcinomaHealthy female patientsAdjuvant therapyMetastatic choriocarcinomaSurgical explorationChief complaintFemale patientsOutside hospitalRare consequenceUnreported causeGestational originClinical implicationsChoriocarcinomaAccretaHemothoraxResectionPatientsPrognosisHospitalShortnessTherapy
2017
Effectiveness of local therapy for stage I non–small-cell lung cancer in nonagenarians
Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Effectiveness of local therapy for stage I non–small-cell lung cancer in nonagenarians. Surgery 2017, 162: 640-651. PMID: 28697883, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2017.04.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungConfidence IntervalsDatabases, FactualDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLogistic ModelsLung NeoplasmsMaleMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm StagingOdds RatioPneumonectomyProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapyRegistriesRisk AssessmentSecondary PreventionSurvival AnalysisConceptsCell lung cancerLocal therapyLung cancerStage IRelative survivalStereotactic body radiation therapyNational Cancer DatabaseBetter overall survivalBody radiation therapyOlder patientsOverall survivalPatient ageYounger patientsOverall mortalityPrimary outcomeCancer DatabaseTreatment outcomesTreatment decisionsRadiation therapyPatientsTherapyCancerNonagenariansTreatmentSurvival