2019
Surgery Versus Surveillance for Well‐Differentiated, Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: An 11‐Year Analysis of the National Cancer Database
Assi HA, Mukherjee S, Kunz PL, Machiorlatti M, Vesely S, Pareek V, Hatoum H. Surgery Versus Surveillance for Well‐Differentiated, Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: An 11‐Year Analysis of the National Cancer Database. The Oncologist 2019, 25: e276-e283. PMID: 32043766, PMCID: PMC7011621, DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseIndependent prognostic factorPancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsCharlson-Deyo comorbidity scoreNonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsImproved overall survivalSurgical resectionNF-PanNETOverall survivalPrognostic factorsTumor sizeNeuroendocrine tumorsActive surveillanceCancer DatabaseComorbidity scoreClinicopathologic characteristicsLarge tumorsTumor locationProspective randomized clinical trialsSafe approachActive interventionLarge asymptomatic tumorTumor size 1Underwent surgical resectionPatients' clinicopathologic characteristics
2010
Expression of p16INK4A but not hypoxia markers or poly adenosine diphosphate‐ribose polymerase is associated with improved survival in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Chang DT, Chapman CH, Norton JA, Visser B, Fisher GA, Kunz P, Ford JM, Koong AC, Pai RK. Expression of p16INK4A but not hypoxia markers or poly adenosine diphosphate‐ribose polymerase is associated with improved survival in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Cancer 2010, 116: 5179-5187. PMID: 20665497, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25481.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorCarbonic Anhydrase IXCarbonic AnhydrasesCell HypoxiaCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16Disease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMiddle AgedPancreatic NeoplasmsPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesPrognosisProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Ras ProteinsTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseTissue Array AnalysisConceptsProgression-free survivalOverall survivalPoly adenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerasePancreatic adenocarcinomaImproved OSImmunohistochemical expressionHypoxia markersImproved overall survivalCyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2AExpression of p16INK4aCarbonic anhydrase IXAdjuvant chemotherapyCurative resectionMedian survivalImproved survivalMargin statusClinical outcomesPrimary tumorPancreatic cancerUnivariate analysisSurgical specimensImmunohistochemical stainingTissue microarrayPositive stainingPatients