2023
The role of imaging and sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with T3b-T4b melanoma with clinically negative disease
Papageorge M, Maina R, King A, Lee V, Baumann R, Pucar D, Ariyan S, Khan S, Weiss S, Clune J, Olino K. The role of imaging and sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with T3b-T4b melanoma with clinically negative disease. Frontiers In Oncology 2023, 13: 1143354. PMID: 37223678, PMCID: PMC10200883, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1143354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPre-operative imagingCross-sectional imagingFree survivalLow-risk melanomaHigh-risk melanomaHigh-risk diseaseKaplan-Meier methodRecurrence-free survivalSentinel node biopsyWide local excisionManagement of patientsLog-rank testRole of imagingPropensity-score matchingIncidental cancerT4b diseaseMetastatic diseaseNodal diseaseNode biopsyPerioperative periodMedian ageNegative diseaseSentinel lymphLocal excisionNodular melanoma
2018
Distinctive features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors arising from the colon and rectum
Zhu R, Liu F, Grisotti G, Pérez-Irizarry J, Cha CH, Johnson CH, Boffa DJ, Han D, Johung KL, Zhang Y, Khan SA. Distinctive features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors arising from the colon and rectum. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2018, 9: 231-240. PMID: 29755761, PMCID: PMC5934147, DOI: 10.21037/jgo.2017.11.12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRectal gastrointestinal stromal tumorGastric gastrointestinal stromal tumorsGastrointestinal stromal tumorsNational Cancer Data BaseAdjuvant therapyOverall survivalSystemic therapyStromal tumorsCases of GISTColonic gastrointestinal stromal tumorsSmall bowel originAdjuvant systemic therapyWorse overall survivalUnique clinicopathologic featuresBowel originTherapy prolongsClinical characteristicsPatient demographicsLocal excisionPrognostic factorsPropensity matchingSurgical treatmentTreatment guidelinesClinicopathologic featuresClinical care