2014
Nomogram for predicting overall and colostomy-free survival for patients with anal cancer.
Tsikitis V, Lu K, Kim J, Billingsley K, Thomas C, Herzig D. Nomogram for predicting overall and colostomy-free survival for patients with anal cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2014, 32: 400-400. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.32.3_suppl.400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchColostomy-free survivalNational Cancer DatabaseAnal cancerNodal statusTumor sizeStratified Cox proportional hazards modelCox proportional hazards modelPrimary end pointRadical surgical treatmentTNM clinical stageProportional hazards modelOutcome prediction toolLogistic regression modelsCancer ptsChemoradiotherapy approachSphincter preservationAbdominoperineal resectionFree survivalSurgical treatmentSurgery statusClinical stageTNM stageCancer DatabaseHazards modelEnd point
2010
Surgical treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: outcomes and predictive factors
Ellis M, Cassera M, Vetto J, Orloff S, Hansen P, Billingsley K. Surgical treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: outcomes and predictive factors. Hepato Pancreato Biliary 2010, 13: 59-63. PMID: 21159105, PMCID: PMC3019543, DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2010.00242.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survival rateIntrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaR0 resectionSurgical treatmentR1/R2 resectionResectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaPostoperative liver failureMainstay of treatmentOptimal patient selectionPostoperative complication rateKaplan-Meier methodCox hazard modelPreoperative hypoalbuminaemiaReplete patientsR2 resectionSurgical mortalityComplication rateSurgical resectionSurgical therapyWorse survivalClinicopathologic characteristicsLiver failureOperative detailsPrognostic factorsRecurrence outcomes