2023
Pneumonitis After Concurrent Chemoradiation and Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Patients with Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Altan M, Soto F, Xu T, Wilson N, Franco-Vega M, Clavijo C, Shannon V, Faiz S, Gandhi S, Lin S, Lopez P, Zhong L, Akhmedzhanov F, Godoy M, Shroff G, Wu J, Khawaja F, Kim S, Naing A, Heymach J, Daniel-Macdougall C, Liao Z, Sheshadri A. Pneumonitis After Concurrent Chemoradiation and Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Patients with Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Oncology 2023, 35: 630-639. PMID: 37507279, DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2023.07.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocally advanced non-small cell lung cancerAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerImmune checkpoint inhibitionLA-NSCLCCell lung cancerInterstitial lung diseaseCheckpoint inhibitionLung cancerLung diseaseRisk factorsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelAssociated with higher all-cause mortalityLA-NSCLC patientsMean radiation doseHazards modelMultivariable cause-specific hazards modelRetrospective chart reviewCox proportional hazards modelsAll-cause mortalityProportional hazards modelCombined chemoradiationConcurrent chemoradiationMedian ageCause-specific hazard model
2022
Pneumonitis after immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: A retrospective cohort study
Sheshadri A, Goizueta A, Shannon V, London D, Garcia‐Manero G, Kantarjian H, Ravandi‐Kashani F, Kadia T, Konopleva M, DiNardo C, Pierce S, Zarifa A, Albittar A, Zhong L, Akhmedzhanov F, Arain M, Alfayez M, Alotaibi A, Altan M, Naing A, Mendoza T, Godoy M, Shroff G, Kim S, Faiz S, Kontoyiannis D, Khawaja F, Jennings K, Daver N. Pneumonitis after immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: A retrospective cohort study. Cancer 2022, 128: 2736-2745. PMID: 35452134, PMCID: PMC9232977, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsAcute myeloid leukemiaImmune checkpoint inhibitor therapyAcute myeloid leukemia patientsICI-related pneumonitisPneumonitis riskMyeloid leukemiaCheckpoint inhibitorsEffect of immune checkpoint inhibitorsFemale sexReduced T-cell functionRisk factorsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelICI-containing regimensMultidisciplinary adjudication committeeRate of pneumonitisCheckpoint inhibitor therapyTreating acute myeloid leukemiaIncreased platelet countIncreased mortalityResponse to therapyT cell functionRetrospective cohort studyAttack cancer cellsCox proportional hazards models
2019
Ex Vivo Interferon Gamma Production by Peripheral Immune Cells Predicts Survival in Lung Adenocarcinoma
Ahn S, Kwon M, Sung M, Jung S, Lee S, Park Y, Kim S, Song J. Ex Vivo Interferon Gamma Production by Peripheral Immune Cells Predicts Survival in Lung Adenocarcinoma. Clinical Lung Cancer 2019, 20: e299-e308. PMID: 30824332, DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2019.01.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIFN-g productionEastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance statusIFN-gLung adenocarcinomaOverall survivalPerformance statusLung cancerAssociated with lung cancer pathogenesisCancer stageProduction of IFN-gReceiver operating characteristic curve analysisStage IV lung cancerCox proportional hazards analysisTreatment-naive patientsAntitumor immune surveillanceOperating characteristics curve analysisOptimal cutoff valueOverall patient survivalInterferon-gamma productionCharacteristic curve analysisIFN-g levelsIV lung cancerProportional hazards analysisStage IV cancerLung cancer pathogenesis