2024
Causes of death and patterns of metastatic disease at the end of life for patients with advanced melanoma in the immunotherapy era
Lee D, McNamara M, Yang A, Yaskolko M, Kluger H, Tran T, Olino K, Clune J, Sznol M, Ishizuka J. Causes of death and patterns of metastatic disease at the end of life for patients with advanced melanoma in the immunotherapy era. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2024, 37: 847-853. PMID: 39073002, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.13188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSite of metastasisPattern of metastatic diseaseMelanoma mortalityRetrospective observational cohort studyCause of cancer mortalityDistant lymph nodesObservational cohort studyDiagnosis to deathImmunotherapy eraAdvanced melanomaMetastatic diagnosisMetastatic diseaseMetastatic melanomaImmunotherapy treatmentRespiratory failureCause of deathMedian timeLymph nodesTherapeutic advancesCohort studyMelanomaImmunotherapyMechanism of deathPatientsEnd of life
2023
Current diagnosis and management of cardiac melanoma: a case series and review
Long A, Chang J, Glahn J, Olino K, Tran T, Clune J. Current diagnosis and management of cardiac melanoma: a case series and review. Journal Of Cancer Metastasis And Treatment 2023, 9: null-null. DOI: 10.20517/2394-4722.2022.113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUse of immunotherapyCardiac melanomaCardiac tumorsSurveillance imagingMalignant melanomaRoutine surveillance imagingCardiac metastasisCase seriesCDKN2A variantsClinical findingsAutopsy studyBRAF mutationsNRAS mutationsPatientsCurrent diagnosisImmunotherapyMelanomaGenetic profilingHigh rateTumorsDiagnosisImagingMetastasisTherapySymptoms
2021
Circulating clonally expanded T cells reflect functions of tumor-infiltrating T cells
Lucca LE, Axisa PP, Lu B, Harnett B, Jessel S, Zhang L, Raddassi K, Zhang L, Olino K, Clune J, Singer M, Kluger HM, Hafler DA. Circulating clonally expanded T cells reflect functions of tumor-infiltrating T cells. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2021, 218: e20200921. PMID: 33651881, PMCID: PMC7933991, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20200921.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-infiltrating T cellsT cellsUnique transcriptional patternsFeatures of exhaustionLongitudinal immune monitoringPeripheral immune environmentsT cell responsesT cell functionSingle-cell levelTranscriptional patternsTCR sharingTerminal exhaustionImmune environmentImmune monitoringCancer immunotherapyMetastatic melanomaEffector functionsCell responsesTumor tissueGene signatureTumorsCell functionImmunotherapyTCRαβBlood
2010
Immuno- and gene-therapeutic strategies targeted against cancer (mainly focusing on pancreatic cancer)
Yoshimura K, Olino K, Edil BH, Schulick RD, Oka M. Immuno- and gene-therapeutic strategies targeted against cancer (mainly focusing on pancreatic cancer). Surgery Today 2010, 40: 404-410. PMID: 20425541, DOI: 10.1007/s00595-009-4120-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCurrent treatment modalitiesNovel therapeutic approachesGene therapySurgical resectionTreatment arsenalTumor recurrenceCancer patientsTreatment modalitiesClinical trialsTherapeutic approachesGene therapeutic strategiesVivo modelCancerImmunotherapyTherapyFurther investigationPotential additionResectionChemotherapyPatientsRecurrenceMortalityTrialsCare