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
2018
Evaluation of ground glass nodules
Mironova V, Blasberg JD. Evaluation of ground glass nodules. Current Opinion In Pulmonary Medicine 2018, 24: 350-354. PMID: 29634577, DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDiagnosis, DifferentialDisease ProgressionHumansLung NeoplasmsSolitary Pulmonary NoduleTomography, X-Ray ComputedTumor BurdenWatchful WaitingConceptsGround-glass nodulesLocal treatment optionsCAT scanTreatment optionsLung cancerMediastinal windowEarly-stage lung cancerNonsmall cell lung cancerGlass nodulesChest CAT scansHigh-risk patientsLarge prospective studiesSingle-institution dataSignificant solid componentSolid componentsSurgical resectionFavorable prognosisProspective studyInterval imagingImaging featuresDistinguish patientsNodule progressionLower riskSignificant progressionPatients
2012
Plasma osteopontin velocity differentiates lung cancers from controls in a CT screening population
Joseph S, Harrington R, Walter D, Goldberg JD, Li X, Beck A, Litton T, Hirsch N, Blasberg J, Slomiany M, Rom W, Pass H, Donington J. Plasma osteopontin velocity differentiates lung cancers from controls in a CT screening population. Cancer Biomarkers 2012, 12: 177-184. PMID: 23568008, PMCID: PMC3746829, DOI: 10.3233/cbm-130306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncident cancerPlasma osteopontinNon-small cell lung cancer careLung cancer careCase-control studySerial plasmaNSCLC patientsCT screeningSurveillance intervalsCancer careLung cancerPlasma levelsWilcoxon Signed Rank TestDisease statusCancerSigned Rank TestBenign nodulesSecreted phosphoproteinCTRank testOsteopontinEarly evidenceNSCLCPatientsNSCLCs