2020
Oligometastatic Disease and Local Therapies: A Medical Oncology Perspective.
Hafez N, Gettinger S. Oligometastatic Disease and Local Therapies: A Medical Oncology Perspective. The Cancer Journal 2020, 26: 144-148. PMID: 32205539, DOI: 10.1097/ppo.0000000000000439.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAggressive local therapySubset of patientsLocal therapyOligometastatic diseaseCancer patientsNon-small cell lung cancer patientsOligometastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patientsCell lung cancer patientsLong-term disease remissionStereotactic body radiation therapyLimited nodal involvementMedical oncology perspectiveDefinitive local therapyColorectal cancer patientsSolid tumor patientsLung cancer patientsSolid tumor malignanciesBody radiation therapyDisease remissionOligometastatic statePrimary therapyNodal involvementOverall survivalSystemic therapyMetastatic sites
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