2023
The role of imaging and sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with T3b-T4b melanoma with clinically negative disease
Papageorge M, Maina R, King A, Lee V, Baumann R, Pucar D, Ariyan S, Khan S, Weiss S, Clune J, Olino K. The role of imaging and sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with T3b-T4b melanoma with clinically negative disease. Frontiers In Oncology 2023, 13: 1143354. PMID: 37223678, PMCID: PMC10200883, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1143354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPre-operative imagingCross-sectional imagingFree survivalLow-risk melanomaHigh-risk melanomaHigh-risk diseaseKaplan-Meier methodRecurrence-free survivalSentinel node biopsyWide local excisionManagement of patientsLog-rank testRole of imagingPropensity-score matchingIncidental cancerT4b diseaseMetastatic diseaseNodal diseaseNode biopsyPerioperative periodMedian ageNegative diseaseSentinel lymphLocal excisionNodular melanoma
2020
Margin negative resection and pathologic downstaging with multiagent chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy in patients with localized pancreas cancer: A national cancer database analysis
Miccio JA, Talcott WJ, Patel T, Park HS, Cecchini M, Salem RR, Khan SA, Stein S, Kortmansky JS, Lacy J, Narang A, Herman J, Jabbour SK, Hallemeier CL, Johung K, Jethwa KR. Margin negative resection and pathologic downstaging with multiagent chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy in patients with localized pancreas cancer: A national cancer database analysis. Clinical And Translational Radiation Oncology 2020, 27: 15-23. PMID: 33392398, PMCID: PMC7772693, DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2020.12.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaCT3-4 diseaseMargin-negative resectionR0 resectionNon-metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaLocalized Pancreatic Ductal AdenocarcinomaNational Cancer Database AnalysisPre-operative RTMulti-agent chemotherapyNational Cancer DatabasePathologic complete responsePre-operative radiotherapyKaplan-Meier methodCox regression analysisMultivariable associateMultiagent chemotherapyNegative resectionPathologic responseComplete responseMeier methodCurative treatmentPancreas cancerFemale sexCancer DatabaseDuctal adenocarcinoma