2023
Rhabdomyosarcoma with isolated lung metastases: A report from the Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee of the Children's Oncology Group
Vasquez J, Luo L, Hiniker S, Rhee D, Dasgupta R, Chen S, Weigel B, Xue W, Venkatramani R, Arndt C. Rhabdomyosarcoma with isolated lung metastases: A report from the Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee of the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2023, 70: e30293. PMID: 36916768, PMCID: PMC10424503, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-free survivalMetastatic diseaseYears of ageOverall survivalOncology GroupLung metastasesExact testSoft Tissue Sarcoma CommitteeSuperior event-free survivalBetter survival outcomesKaplan-Meier methodChildren's Oncology GroupRisk stratification algorithmLog-rank testOutcome of childrenFisher's exact testN0 diseaseAggressive treatmentMetastatic rhabdomyosarcomaExtrapulmonary sitesMetastatic sitesExtremity tumorsSurvival outcomesEmbryonal histologyCOG protocols
2015
Clinical and pharmacodynamic analysis of pomalidomide dosing strategies in myeloma: impact of immune activation and cereblon targets
Sehgal K, Das R, Zhang L, Verma R, Deng Y, Kocoglu M, Vasquez J, Koduru S, Ren Y, Wang M, Couto S, Breider M, Hansel D, Seropian S, Cooper D, Thakurta A, Yao X, Dhodapkar KM, Dhodapkar MV. Clinical and pharmacodynamic analysis of pomalidomide dosing strategies in myeloma: impact of immune activation and cereblon targets. Blood 2015, 125: 4042-4051. PMID: 25869284, PMCID: PMC4481593, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-11-611426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune activationAntitumor effectsNK cellsT cellsMore frequent adverse eventsClinical antitumor effectsFrequent adverse eventsNatural killer cellsIntermittent dosing strategyDirect antitumor effectsExpression of cytokinesT cell activationGreater tumor reductionPomalidomide/Coinhibitory receptorsAdverse eventsClinical responseOverall survivalKiller cellsPharmacodynamic effectsImmunomodulatory effectsMultiple myelomaTumor reductionIntermittent dosingPharmacodynamic analysis