2019
Practice Patterns and Guideline Non-Adherence in Surgical Management of Appendiceal Carcinoid Tumors
Heller DR, Jean RA, Luo J, Kurbatov V, Grisotti G, Jacobs D, Chiu AS, Zhang Y, Khan SA. Practice Patterns and Guideline Non-Adherence in Surgical Management of Appendiceal Carcinoid Tumors. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2019, 228: 839-851. PMID: 30898583, PMCID: PMC6751559, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.02.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelinesAge 65 yearsAppendiceal carcinoid tumorsAppendiceal carcinoidsLarge tumorsPractice patternsOverall survivalCarcinoid tumorsSurgical managementNetwork guidelinesProcedure typeSmall tumorsHistory of malignancyNational Cancer DatabaseNational practice patternsMultivariable logistic regressionImpact of guidelinesCox proportional hazardsAggressive resectionLymphovascular invasionClinical factorsTreatment guidelinesTumor sizePatient groupNon-Adherence
2018
Distinctive features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors arising from the colon and rectum
Zhu R, Liu F, Grisotti G, Pérez-Irizarry J, Cha CH, Johnson CH, Boffa DJ, Han D, Johung KL, Zhang Y, Khan SA. Distinctive features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors arising from the colon and rectum. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2018, 9: 231-240. PMID: 29755761, PMCID: PMC5934147, DOI: 10.21037/jgo.2017.11.12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRectal gastrointestinal stromal tumorGastric gastrointestinal stromal tumorsGastrointestinal stromal tumorsNational Cancer Data BaseAdjuvant therapyOverall survivalSystemic therapyStromal tumorsCases of GISTColonic gastrointestinal stromal tumorsSmall bowel originAdjuvant systemic therapyWorse overall survivalUnique clinicopathologic featuresBowel originTherapy prolongsClinical characteristicsPatient demographicsLocal excisionPrognostic factorsPropensity matchingSurgical treatmentTreatment guidelinesClinicopathologic featuresClinical care