2024
Brief Report: Should a prior cancer history be reevaluated as an exclusion for clinical trial participation?
Ayoade O, Canavan M, Caturegli G, Boffa D. Brief Report: Should a prior cancer history be reevaluated as an exclusion for clinical trial participation? Lung Cancer 2024, 198: 108032. PMID: 39561624, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2024.108032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerAssociated with superior survivalSuperior survivalStage III NSCLC patientsCancer historyIII NSCLC patientsReceipt of immunotherapyNational Cancer DatabaseRegimens of chemotherapyStage IV patientsAnalyze overall survivalCell lung cancerKaplan Meier analysisStage III andCox proportional hazards modelsProportional hazards modelInnovative treatment approachesInfluence patient outcomesNSCLC patientsIV patientsOverall survivalImmunotherapy trialsCancer DatabaseMeier analysisNon-small
2023
Association Between Metastatic Pattern and Prognosis in Stage IV Gastric Cancer: Potential for Stage Classification Reform
Zhan P, Canavan M, Ermer T, Pichert M, Li A, Maduka R, Udelsman B, Nemeth A, Boffa D. Association Between Metastatic Pattern and Prognosis in Stage IV Gastric Cancer: Potential for Stage Classification Reform. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2023, 30: 4180-4191. PMID: 36869917, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-13287-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage IV gastric cancerNonregional lymph nodesMultivariable Cox modelLymph nodesGastric cancerMetastatic patternCox modelStage IV gastric cancer patientsBetter median survivalNational Cancer DatabaseRetrospective cohort studyStage IV patientsKaplan-Meier curvesGastric cancer patientsPropensity score-matched sampleSingle organYears of ageDistant diseaseCohort studyIV patientsMedian survivalMetastatic diseaseMost patientsBetter prognosisSystemic organs