2012
The Microculture-Kinetic (MiCK) Assay: The Role of a Drug-Induced Apoptosis Assay in Drug Development and Clinical Care
Bosserman L, Prendergast F, Herbst R, Fleisher M, Salom E, Strickland S, Raptis A, Hallquist A, Perree M, Rajurkar S, Karimi M, Rogers K, Davidson D, Willis C, Penalver M, Homesley H, Burrell M, Garrett A, Rutledge J, Chernick M, Presant CA. The Microculture-Kinetic (MiCK) Assay: The Role of a Drug-Induced Apoptosis Assay in Drug Development and Clinical Care. Cancer Research 2012, 72: 3901-3905. PMID: 22865459, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-12-0681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh response rateLonger survivalClinical trialsResponse rateGroup of patientsBlinded clinical trialEpithelial ovarian cancerApoptosis assaysAcute myelocytic leukemiaUnblinded clinical trialDrug developmentGeneric drug useMultiple tumor typesEfficient drug developmentCombination therapyOvarian cancerMyelocytic leukemiaClinical careTumor typesDrug useClinical therapyClinical useMolecular biomarkersDrug approvalHigher apoptosis
2007
Comparison of Outcomes for Patients With Unresectable, Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Induction Chemotherapy Followed By Concurrent Chemoradiation vs. Concurrent Chemoradiation Alone
Huang EH, Liao Z, Cox JD, Guerrero TM, Chang JY, Jeter M, Borghero Y, Wei X, Fossella F, Herbst RS, Blumenschein GR, Moran C, Allen PK, Komaki R. Comparison of Outcomes for Patients With Unresectable, Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Induction Chemotherapy Followed By Concurrent Chemoradiation vs. Concurrent Chemoradiation Alone. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2007, 68: 779-785. PMID: 17418967, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.01.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge cell carcinomaInduction chemotherapyConcurrent chemoradiationBetter overall survivalOverall survivalHazard ratioSurvival benefitLung cancerAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerMultivariate analysisNon-small cell lung cancerThree-dimensional conformal radiationSignificant overall survival benefitDistant metastasis-free survivalOverall survival benefitSignificant survival benefitPlanned subgroup analysisGroup of patientsMetastasis-free survivalCell lung cancerSquamous cell carcinomaComparison of outcomesConcurrent chemotherapyLocoregional controlAdvanced adenocarcinoma
2005
Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer (Stages I-III): Observations from the National Cancer Data Base
Gaspar LE, Gay EG, Crawford J, Putnam JB, Herbst RS, Bonner JA. Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer (Stages I-III): Observations from the National Cancer Data Base. Clinical Lung Cancer 2005, 6: 355-360. PMID: 15943896, DOI: 10.3816/clc.2005.n.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLimited stage small cell lung cancerSmall cell lung cancerLS-SCLCChemoradiation therapyStandard treatmentLung cancerRadiation therapySole treatmentSurvival rateConcurrent thoracic radiation therapyNational Cancer Data BaseMultiple-agent chemotherapyTreatment pattern changesPercent of patientsProportion of patientsThoracic radiation therapyUse of chemotherapyUse of chemoradiationAge of patientsGroup of patientsConfidence intervalsYears of agePercentage of womenCombined chemotherapyPatient cohort