Seth Lerner, MD
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2024
Standard or Extended Lymphadenectomy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
Lerner S, Tangen C, Svatek R, Daneshmand S, Pohar K, Skinner E, Schuckman A, Sagalowsky A, Smith N, Kamat A, Kassouf W, Plets M, Bangs R, Koppie T, Alva A, La Rosa F, Pal S, Kibel A, Canter D, Thompson I. Standard or Extended Lymphadenectomy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer. New England Journal Of Medicine 2024, 391: 1206-1216. DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2401497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCirculating Tumor Cell Count and Overall Survival in Patients With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
Goldkorn A, Tangen C, Plets M, Bsteh D, Xu T, Pinski J, Ingles S, Triche T, MacVicar G, Vaena D, Crispino A, McConkey D, Lara P, Hussain M, Quinn D, Dorff T, Lerner S, Thompson I, Agarwal N. Circulating Tumor Cell Count and Overall Survival in Patients With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2437871. PMID: 39374015, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.37871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancerMetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancerCirculating tumor cell countCirculating tumor cellsHormone-sensitive prostate cancerTumor cell countOverall survivalProstate cancerPrognostic valueCTC countsPrognostic factorsProgression to metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancerDiagnosed mHSPCPeripheral blood circulating tumor cellsClinical trialsBlood circulating tumor cellsCastration-resistant prostate cancerPrognostic studyCell countBaseline CTC countProgression-free survivalLines of therapyEnhanced overall survivalProstate-specific antigenIncreased prognostic valueFinal Overall Survival Analysis of S1500: A Randomized, Phase II Study Comparing Sunitinib With Cabozantinib, Crizotinib, and Savolitinib in Advanced Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma.
Barata P, Tangen C, Plets M, Thompson I, Narayan V, George D, Heng D, Shuch B, Stein M, Gulati S, Tretiakova M, Tripathi A, Bjarnason G, Humphrey P, Adeniran A, Vaishampayan U, Alva A, Zhang T, Cole S, Lara P, Lerner S, Balzer-Haas N, Pal S. Final Overall Survival Analysis of S1500: A Randomized, Phase II Study Comparing Sunitinib With Cabozantinib, Crizotinib, and Savolitinib in Advanced Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, jco2400767. PMID: 39255440, DOI: 10.1200/jco.24.00767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced papillary renal cell carcinomaPapillary renal cell carcinomaRenal cell carcinomaOverall survivalCell carcinomaProlonged progression-free survivalLack of survival benefitProgression-free survivalRandomized phase IIMedian follow-upPrimary end pointOpen-label trialOverall survival analysisCrizotinib armMedian OSSurvival benefitClinical trial updateNo significant differenceCabozantinibTreatment armsSunitinibFollow-upClinical trialsSavolitinibCrizotinib1620P Inherited variants in SRD5A genes and response to hormonal therapy in prostate cancer (SWOG S1216)
Ingles S, Pinski J, Manojlovic Z, Xiong S, Weisenberger D, Goldkorn A, Tangen C, McConkey D, Lara P, Hussain M, Quinn D, Thompson I, Lerner S, Dorff T, Agarwal N. 1620P Inherited variants in SRD5A genes and response to hormonal therapy in prostate cancer (SWOG S1216). Annals Of Oncology 2024, 35: s978. DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.08.1701.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong‐term outcomes of bladder‐sparing therapy vs radical cystectomy in BCG‐unresponsive non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer
Taylor J, Kamat A, O'Donnell M, Annapureddy D, Howard J, Tan W, McElree I, Davaro F, Yim K, Harrington S, Dyer E, Black A, Kanabur P, Roumiguié M, Lerner S, Black P, Raman J, Preston M, Steinberg G, Huang W, Li R, Packiam V, Woldu S, Lotan Y. Long‐term outcomes of bladder‐sparing therapy vs radical cystectomy in BCG‐unresponsive non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer. BJU International 2024 PMID: 39183466, DOI: 10.1111/bju.16509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancerBladder-sparing therapyUpfront RCRadical cystectomyCohort of patientsBladder cancerBCG-unresponsive NMIBCRetrospective cohort of patientsProgression to MIBCUpfront radical cystectomyCancer-specific survivalInstitutional review board approvalMetastasis-free survivalFood and Drug Administration criteriaRate of recurrenceReview board approvalLong-term outcomesStatistically significant differenceNodal diseaseRe-resectionSystemic immunotherapyIntravesical chemotherapyOncological outcomesOverall survivalOncological riskBladder-sparing Therapy for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin–unresponsive Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: International Bladder Cancer Group Recommendations for Optimal Sequencing and Patient Selection
Li R, Hensley P, Gupta S, Al-Ahmadie H, Babjuk M, Black P, Brausi M, Bree K, Fernández M, Guo C, Horowitz A, Lamm D, Lerner S, Lotan Y, Mariappan P, McConkey D, Mertens L, Mir C, Ross J, O'Donnell M, Palou J, Pohar K, Steinberg G, Soloway M, Spiess P, Svatek R, Tan W, Taoka R, Buckley R, Kamat A. Bladder-sparing Therapy for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin–unresponsive Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: International Bladder Cancer Group Recommendations for Optimal Sequencing and Patient Selection. European Urology 2024 PMID: 39183090, DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2024.08.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancerInternational Bladder Cancer GroupBladder-sparing treatmentCarcinoma in situNadofaragene firadenovecRadical cystectomyBladder cancerOptimal selection of patientsAbsence of randomized trialsBladder-sparing therapySingle-agent chemotherapyBladder cancer groupSelection of patientsDevelopment of agentsPatient selectionSystemic toxicityCancer groupUnapproved agentsClinical trial participationPatient characteristicsRandomized trialsMitomycin CTumor attributesConsensus recommendationsCancer expertsAdjuvant Everolimus in Non–Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Gulati S, Tangen C, Ryan C, Vaishampayan U, Shuch B, Barata P, Pruthi D, Bergerot C, Tripathi A, Lerner S, Thompson I, Lara P, Pal S. Adjuvant Everolimus in Non–Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2425288. PMID: 39106067, PMCID: PMC11304111, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.25288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChromophobe renal cell carcinomaRecurrence-free survivalPapillary renal cell carcinomaRenal cell carcinomaNon-clear cell renal cell carcinomaResected renal cell carcinomaCell renal cell carcinomaOverall survivalWeeks of treatmentCell carcinomaAdverse eventsClinical trialsHazard ratioPhase 3 randomized clinical trialWeeks of everolimusHigher adverse eventsRate of adverse eventsIntermediate-high riskIntervention groupVery-high-riskCox regression modelsPotential treatment benefitsClinical trial dataTreatment-naivePartial nephrectomyPathological concordance rate and outcomes by subtype in advanced papillary renal cell carcinoma
Tripathi A, Tangen C, Plets M, Li X, Tretiakova M, Humphrey P, Adeniran A, Barata P, Gulati S, Bergerot C, Pruthi D, Thompson I, Lara P, Lerner S, Pal S, Shuch B. Pathological concordance rate and outcomes by subtype in advanced papillary renal cell carcinoma. BJU International 2024, 134: 596-601. PMID: 39014969, DOI: 10.1111/bju.16403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPapillary renal cell carcinomaPositive predictive valueRenal cell carcinomaLocal pathology reviewCentral reviewPathology reviewCell carcinomaAdvanced papillary renal cell carcinomaMetastatic papillary renal cell carcinomaPapillary renal cell carcinoma subtypesPatients treated with targeted therapyExpert genitourinary pathologistsPathological concordance rateLocal reviewGenitourinary pathologistsClinical benefitCabozantinibClinical significanceClinical valueSubtype assignmentConcordance rateType 1CarcinomaPatientsPredictive valueCorrelative Analysis of ATM, RB1, ERCC2, and FANCC Mutations and Pathologic Complete Response After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Results from the SWOG S1314 Trial
Plimack E, Tangen C, Plets M, Kokate R, Xiu J, Nabhan C, Ross E, Grundy E, Choi W, Dinney C, Lee I, Fong M, Lucia M, Daneshmand S, Theodorescu D, Goldkorn A, Lerner S, Flaig T, McConkey D. Correlative Analysis of ATM, RB1, ERCC2, and FANCC Mutations and Pathologic Complete Response After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Results from the SWOG S1314 Trial. European Urology 2024, 86: 297-300. PMID: 39003201, PMCID: PMC11416320, DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2024.06.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMuscle-invasive bladder cancerCisplatin-based chemotherapyNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBladder cancerTumor samplesNeoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapyResponse to NACClinical assessmentDose-dense methotrexateTiming of cystectomyPathological complete responseClinical trials of chemotherapyTrials of chemotherapyNational clinical trialNeoadjuvant gemcitabineBladder preservationComplete responseTumor specimensSurgical specimensMulticenter trialPatient selectionTreatment armsGene panelChemotherapyGene mutationsBone Pain and Survival Among Patients With Metastatic, Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
Gebrael G, Jo Y, Swami U, Plets M, Chehade C, Narang A, Gupta S, Myint Z, Sayegh N, Tangen C, Hussain M, Dorff T, Lara P, Lerner S, Thompson I, Agarwal N. Bone Pain and Survival Among Patients With Metastatic, Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2419966. PMID: 38980676, PMCID: PMC11234233, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.19966.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgression-free survivalAndrogen deprivation therapyProstate-specific antigenHormone-sensitive prostate cancerBone painOverall survivalPost hoc secondary analysisProstate cancerSurvival outcomesPain statusAssociated with shorter progression-free survivalClinical trialsPresence of bone painProstate-specific antigen levelAssociated with worse overall survivalCastration-resistant prostate cancerShorter progression-free survivalIntention-to-treat populationSecondary analysisZubrod performance statusHigh-volume diseaseCompare survival outcomesCox proportional hazards regression modelsSecondary end pointsProportional hazards regression models