2020
Comparison of Drug-Eluting Embolics versus Conventional Transarterial Chemoembolization for the Treatment of Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Wu X, Chapiro J, Malhotra A, Kothary N. Comparison of Drug-Eluting Embolics versus Conventional Transarterial Chemoembolization for the Treatment of Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2020, 32: 2-12.e1. PMID: 33160827, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2020.09.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibiotics, AntineoplasticCarcinoma, HepatocellularChemoembolization, TherapeuticClinical Decision-MakingCost SavingsCost-Benefit AnalysisDecision Support TechniquesDecision TreesDisease ProgressionDoxorubicinDrug CarriersDrug CostsFemaleHumansLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedModels, EconomicQuality of LifeQuality-Adjusted Life YearsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultFibronodular hepatocellular carcinoma—a new variant of liver cancer: clinical, pathological and radiological correlation
Tefera J, Revzin M, Chapiro J, Savic L, Mulligan D, Batra R, Taddei T, Jain D, Zhang X. Fibronodular hepatocellular carcinoma—a new variant of liver cancer: clinical, pathological and radiological correlation. Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 74: 31-35. PMID: 32430483, PMCID: PMC7674234, DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206574.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stageBarcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stageScirrhous HCCMultiple rounded nodulesNon-peripheral washoutLiver Cancer stageRadiological featuresClinical featuresRadiological correlationCarcinoma variantsCancer stageHCC casesHepatocellular carcinomaLiver cancerFibrotic liverConventional HCCHCCLower ratesHigh rateRounded nodulesProgressionDistinct patternsCarcinomaSpecific variantsLesionsQuantification of contrast-uptake as imaging biomarker for disease progression of renal cell carcinoma after tumor ablation
Tegel BR, Huber S, Savic LJ, Lin M, Gebauer B, Pollak J, Chapiro J. Quantification of contrast-uptake as imaging biomarker for disease progression of renal cell carcinoma after tumor ablation. Acta Radiologica 2020, 61: 1708-1716. PMID: 32216452, PMCID: PMC7529766, DOI: 10.1177/0284185120909964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAblation TechniquesAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Renal CellContrast MediaDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalKidney NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingRadiography, InterventionalRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityTumor BurdenUltrasonography, InterventionalConceptsProgression-free survivalTotal tumor volumeRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaOdds ratioTumor volumeImaging biomarkersImage-guided thermal ablationPrognosis of patientsRENAL nephrometry scoreCox regression modelLargest tumor diameterLog-rank testKaplan-Meier plotsCross-sectional imagingSensitive imaging biomarkerMetastatic diseaseSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeDistant metastasisNephrometry scoreTumor diameterOutcome parametersLesion vascularityTNM stage
2015
3D quantitative assessment of response to fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy and single-session stereotactic radiosurgery of vestibular schwannoma
Schneider T, Chapiro J, Lin M, Geschwind JF, Kleinberg L, Rigamonti D, Jusué-Torres I, Marciscano AE, Yousem DM. 3D quantitative assessment of response to fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy and single-session stereotactic radiosurgery of vestibular schwannoma. European Radiology 2015, 26: 849-857. PMID: 26139318, PMCID: PMC4698362, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3895-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-session stereotactic radiosurgeryTotal tumor volumeSignificant tumor shrinkageVestibular schwannomaTumor shrinkageStereotactic radiotherapyTumor volumeRadiation therapyStereotactic radiosurgeryT1-weighted contrast-enhanced MRISubsequent microsurgical resectionTumor-related symptomsSporadic vestibular schwannomaContrast-enhanced MRIFSRT groupRadiological progressionMicrosurgical resectionClinical outcomesSRS groupRetrospective analysisResponse assessmentPatientsVolumetric assessmentFSRTSchwannoma