2024
Long-Term Outcomes of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen–PET Imaging of Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Kunst N, Long J, Westvold S, Sprenkle P, Kim I, Saperstein L, Rabil M, Ghaffar U, Karnes R, Ma X, Gross C, Wang S, Leapman M. Long-Term Outcomes of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen–PET Imaging of Recurrent Prostate Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2440591. PMID: 39441595, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.40591.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate-specific antigenProstate-specific antigen levelPSMA-PETRecurrent prostate cancerBiochemical recurrenceProstate cancerLong-term outcomesProstate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomographyEvaluation of biochemical recurrenceDetection of biochemical recurrenceLife yearsConventional imagingDefinitive local therapyPSMA PET imagingProstate cancer deathDetection of metastasesRetrospective cohort studyBase case analysisIncremental life-yearsPositron emission tomographyDecision-analytic modelLocal therapyConventional imaging strategiesDelayed treatmentDisease course
2019
Long term outcomes of sentinel lymph node biopsy for ductal carcinoma in situ
Hung P, Wang SY, Killelea BK, Mougalian SS, Evans SB, Sedghi T, Gross CP. Long term outcomes of sentinel lymph node biopsy for ductal carcinoma in situ. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2019, 3: pkz052. PMID: 32337481, PMCID: PMC7049982, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkz052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSentinel lymph node biopsyBreast-conserving surgeryBreast cancer mortalityLong-term outcomesDuctal carcinomaCancer mortalityEnd Results-Medicare datasetCompeting-risks survival analysisLymph node biopsyPopulation cohort dataNode biopsyOlder patientsSentinel lymphBreast conservationUS SurveillanceTerm outcomesSurvival analysisDCISPatientsStatistical significanceRoutine performanceBiopsySurgeryCarcinomaRecurrence