2023
Factors associated with clinical trial participation for patients with renal cell carcinoma
Shinder B, Kim S, Srivastava A, Patel H, Jang T, Mayer T, Saraiya B, Ghodoussipour S, Singer E. Factors associated with clinical trial participation for patients with renal cell carcinoma. Urologic Oncology Seminars And Original Investigations 2023, 41: 208.e1-208.e8. PMID: 36868881, PMCID: PMC10106382, DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2023.01.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaClinical trial participationClinical trialsOverall survivalClinical stageTrial patientsTrial participantsCharlson-Deyo comorbidity scoreAssociated with trial participationCompare overall survivalNational Cancer DatabaseLog-rank testClinical trial patientsPatient sociodemographic factorsAssociated with clinical trial participationMedian OSSuperior OSCancer DatabaseOncology clinical trialsSurvival outcomesMale patientsCase-control designPatient cohortControl cohort
2020
Delaying surgery for clinical T1b-T2bN0M0 renal cell carcinoma: Oncologic implications in the COVID-19 era and beyond
Srivastava A, Patel HV, Kim S, Shinder B, Sterling J, Tabakin AL, Polotti CF, Saraiya B, Mayer T, Kim IY, Ghodoussipour S, Patel HD, Jang TL, Singer EA. Delaying surgery for clinical T1b-T2bN0M0 renal cell carcinoma: Oncologic implications in the COVID-19 era and beyond. Urologic Oncology Seminars And Original Investigations 2020, 39: 247-257. PMID: 33223368, PMCID: PMC7574787, DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2020.10.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaUpstaging riskOverall survivalCell carcinomaNonclear cell renal cell carcinomaOrgan-confined renal cell carcinomaCox proportional hazards modelNational Cancer DatabaseCell renal cell carcinomaKaplan-Meier curvesProportional hazards modelSmall renal massesCOVID-19Logistic regression modelsPT3a upstagingDelaying surgeryPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsPatient comorbiditiesMeier curvesElective surgeryRadical nephrectomyTumor histologyClinical stageRCC patients
2019
Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection as Primary Treatment for Men With Testicular Seminoma: Utilization and Survival Analysis Using the National Cancer Data Base, 2004-2014
Tabakin AL, Shinder BM, Kim S, Rivera-Nunez Z, Polotti CF, Modi PK, Sterling JA, Farber NJ, Radadia KD, Parikh RR, Kim IY, Saraiya B, Mayer TM, Singer EA, Jang TL. Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection as Primary Treatment for Men With Testicular Seminoma: Utilization and Survival Analysis Using the National Cancer Data Base, 2004-2014. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 2019, 18: e194-e201. PMID: 31818649, DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2019.10.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultFollow-Up StudiesHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLymph Node ExcisionLymph NodesLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingOrchiectomyRegistriesRetroperitoneal SpaceRetrospective StudiesSeminomaSurvival RateTesticular NeoplasmsTestisTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsRetroperitoneal lymph node dissectionPrimary retroperitoneal lymph node dissectionLymph node dissectionOverall survivalTesticular seminomaNode dissectionRole of RPLNDTesticular nonseminomatous germ cell tumorsNational Cancer Data BaseNonseminomatous germ cell tumorsPrimary testicular cancerFive-year OSFirst-line treatmentKaplan-Meier methodOngoing prospective trialsGerm cell tumorsIIB diseaseOS ratesPrimary chemotherapyPrimary therapyProspective trialFinal cohortStage IIATumor histologyClinical stageSurvival rates after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) for testicular seminoma.
Tabakin A, Kim S, Polotti C, Shinder B, Rivera-Nunez Z, Sterling J, Farber N, Radadia K, Kim I, Singer E, Jang T. Survival rates after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) for testicular seminoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 534-534. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.7_suppl.534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRetroperitoneal lymph node dissectionOverall survival rateTesticular seminomaSurvival rateOverall survivalClinical stagePC settingsUnderwent retroperitoneal lymph node dissectionComprehensive community cancer programsFive-year overall survivalNational Cancer DatabaseCommunity cancer programsFirst-line treatmentLow-volume diseaseLymph node dissectionKaplan-Meier methodSurvival dataAvailable survival dataMajority of menNonseminoma histologyPrior chemotherapyNode dissectionSeminoma patientsFinal cohortOngoing trials
2017
Predicting clinically significant prostate cancer based on pre-operative patient profile and serum biomarkers
Faiena I, Kim S, Farber N, Kwon Y, Shinder B, Patel N, Salmasi A, Jang T, Singer E, Kim W, Kim I. Predicting clinically significant prostate cancer based on pre-operative patient profile and serum biomarkers. Oncotarget 2017, 5: 109783-109790. PMID: 29312648, PMCID: PMC5752561, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.21297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical Gleason scoreBody mass indexProstate-specific antigenSignificant prostate cancerProstate acid phosphatasePreoperative prostate-specific antigenGleason scoreProstate cancerSerum biomarkersProstate weightParathyroid hormoneTotal prostate-specific antigenBias-corrected areaMultiple preoperative factorsPreoperative factorsOncologic characteristicsPatient characteristicsProstatectomy databaseMass indexRisk stratificationClinical stageUnivariate analysisPatient profilesHormone profilesMultivariate analysis