2024
Unveiling the prognostic significance of malignant ascites in advanced gastrointestinal cancers: a marker of peritoneal carcinomatosis burden
Provenzano L, Gwee Y, Conca V, Lonardi S, Bozzarelli S, Tamburini E, Passardi A, Zaniboni A, Tosi F, Aprile G, Nasca V, Boccaccino A, Ambrosini M, Vetere G, Carullo M, Guaglio M, Battaglia L, Zhao J, Chia D, Yong W, Tan P, So J, Kim G, Shabbir A, Ong C, Casella F, Cremolini C, Bencivenga M, Sundar R, Pietrantonio F. Unveiling the prognostic significance of malignant ascites in advanced gastrointestinal cancers: a marker of peritoneal carcinomatosis burden. Therapeutic Advances In Medical Oncology 2024, 16: 17588359241289517. PMID: 39502404, PMCID: PMC11536604, DOI: 10.1177/17588359241289517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic colorectal cancerMetastatic gastric cancerMetastatic gastric cancer patientsPeritoneal metastasisMalignant ascitesAdvanced gastrointestinal cancerSurvival outcomesMedian peritoneal cancer index scoreGastrointestinal cancerPeritoneal cancer index scoreGastric cancerMetastatic colorectal cancer patientsSubgroup of patientsMedian OSProgression-freeOverall survivalSystemic therapyPrognostic significancePatient survivalAscites groupPoor outcomeRetrospective analysisColorectal cancerRandomized trialsAscites
2022
Obstructive sleep apnea and the incidence and mortality of gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 5,120,837 participants
Teo Y, Tan B, Tan N, Yap D, Chai Y, Teo Y, Sia C, Sundar R, Tan E, See A, Toh S. Obstructive sleep apnea and the incidence and mortality of gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 5,120,837 participants. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2022, 0: 0-0. PMID: 36636076, PMCID: PMC9830329, DOI: 10.21037/jgo-22-153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObstructive sleep apneaAssociation of obstructive sleep apneaSleep apneaGastrointestinal cancerCancer incidenceColorectal cancerMeta-analysisPancreatic cancerFollow-upObstructive sleep apnea screeningYears of median follow-upColorectal cancer screening guidelinesLong-term follow-upIncreased risk of colorectal cancerIncreased incidence of colorectal cancerRisk of colorectal cancerIncidence of colorectal cancerMedian follow-upPancreatic cancer incidenceCancer screening guidelinesSleep apnea screeningIncidence of gastrointestinal cancerMortality of gastrointestinal cancersSystematic reviewHigh-risk individualsResistance to systemic immune checkpoint inhibition in the peritoneal niche
Chia D, Gwee Y, Sundar R. Resistance to systemic immune checkpoint inhibition in the peritoneal niche. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2022, 10: e004749. PMID: 35728873, PMCID: PMC9214396, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2022-004749.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitionResistance to immune checkpoint inhibitionPeritoneal metastasisCheckpoint inhibitionMetastatic nicheResponse to ICIImmune checkpoint inhibition therapySensitive to immune checkpoint inhibitionIntrinsic tumor factorsPresence of ascitesDeficient mismatch repairPeritoneal microenvironmentTumor factorsMalignant ascitesPrimary resistanceClinical entityTherapeutic optionsMicrosatellite instable tumorsPeritoneal cavityGastrointestinal cancerParacrine factorsAscitesConcurrent ascitesPatientsInstable tumors