2022
POU2F3 in SCLC: Clinicopathologic and Genomic Analysis With a Focus on Its Diagnostic Utility in Neuroendocrine-Low SCLC
Baine MK, Febres-Aldana CA, Chang JC, Jungbluth AA, Sethi S, Antonescu CR, Travis WD, Hsieh MS, Roh MS, Homer RJ, Ladanyi M, Egger JV, Lai WV, Rudin CM, Rekhtman N. POU2F3 in SCLC: Clinicopathologic and Genomic Analysis With a Focus on Its Diagnostic Utility in Neuroendocrine-Low SCLC. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2022, 17: 1109-1121. PMID: 35760287, PMCID: PMC9427708, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuroendocrine markersDiagnostic utilityLarge cell neuroendocrine carcinomaDiagnosis of SCLCSquamous cell carcinomaCell neuroendocrine carcinomaLung cancer typesMajor lung cancer typesNeuroendocrine marker expressionLung carcinoma subtypesWarrants further studyDistinct genomic alterationsClinical characteristicsCell carcinomaNeuroendocrine carcinomaLung tumorsCarcinoma subtypesLarge cohortDiagnostic mimicsTP53 alterationsMYC amplificationRecent markersTherapeutic targetingTuft cellsChallenging subset
2021
Effectiveness of Thermal Ablation and Stereotactic Radiotherapy Based on Stage I Lung Cancer Histology
Uhlig J, Mehta S, Case MD, Dhanasopon A, Blasberg J, Homer RJ, Solomon SB, Kim HS. Effectiveness of Thermal Ablation and Stereotactic Radiotherapy Based on Stage I Lung Cancer Histology. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2021, 32: 1022-1028.e4. PMID: 33811997, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.02.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStereotactic body radiotherapyStage I lung cancerI lung cancerOverall survivalHistological subtypesNeuroendocrine tumorsCell carcinomaLung cancerThermal ablationPropensity scoreMost histological subtypesNational Cancer DatabaseSignificant OS differenceAmerican Joint CommitteeLarge cell carcinomaSmall cell carcinomaHigher overall survivalSquamous cell carcinomaLung cancer histologyLung cancer variesSmall neuroendocrine tumorsMore comorbiditiesTA patientsCancer variesInitial treatment
2010
High expression of BCL-2 predicts favorable outcome in non-small cell lung cancer patients with non squamous histology
Anagnostou VK, Lowery FJ, Zolota V, Tzelepi V, Gopinath A, Liceaga C, Panagopoulos N, Frangia K, Tanoue L, Boffa D, Gettinger S, Detterbeck F, Homer RJ, Dougenis D, Rimm DL, Syrigos KN. High expression of BCL-2 predicts favorable outcome in non-small cell lung cancer patients with non squamous histology. BMC Cancer 2010, 10: 186. PMID: 20459695, PMCID: PMC2875218, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaAgedBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Large CellCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell DifferentiationCohort StudiesConnecticutFemaleGreeceHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPredictive Value of TestsProportional Hazards ModelsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Reproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUp-RegulationConceptsNon-small cell lung cancer patientsCell lung cancer patientsNon-squamous tumorsLung cancer patientsBcl-2 expressionNSCLC patientsCancer patientsBcl-2Favorable outcomeIndependent cohortSmall cell lung cancer patientsIndependent lower riskNon-squamous histologySubgroup of patientsHigh expressersSquamous cell carcinomaHigh Bcl-2 expressionBcl-2 protein levelsSquamous histologyMedian survivalPrognostic factorsValidation cohortCell carcinomaPathological characteristicsPrognostic stratification
2009
Association of expression of bcl-2 with outcome in non-small cell lung cancer
Anagnostou V, Lowery F, Syrigos K, Frangia K, Zolota V, Panagopoulos N, Dougenis D, Tanoue L, Detterbeck F, Homer R, Rimm D. Association of expression of bcl-2 with outcome in non-small cell lung cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2009, 27: e22039-e22039. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.e22039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLung cancer patientsSquamous cell carcinomaBcl-2 expressionCancer patientsCell carcinomaBcl-2Non-small cell lung cancerYale-New Haven HospitalIndependent lower riskPatras University HospitalMedian overall survivalProtein expressionPotential prognostic parametersSubgroup of patientsCell lung cancerHigh Bcl-2 expressionNew Haven HospitalBcl-2 protein expressionAssociation of expressionBcl-2 protein levelsOverall survivalPatient survivalValidation cohortPathological characteristicsPrognostic parameters