2013
Bile duct involvement portends poor prognosis in resected gallbladder carcinoma.
Eil R, Hansen P, Cassera M, Orloff S, Sheppard B, Diggs B, Billingsley K. Bile duct involvement portends poor prognosis in resected gallbladder carcinoma. Gastrointestinal Cancer Research : GCR 2013, 6: 101-5. PMID: 24147157, PMCID: PMC3782874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease-specific survivalDisease-free survivalBile duct involvementGallbladder cancerDuct involvementMedian disease-free survivalResection of GBCResectable gallbladder cancerSubset of patientsLog-rank analysisAdjuvant therapyLN involvementPrognostic factorsCox regressionPoor prognosisRetrospective studyUnfavorable prognosisUnivariate analysisGallbladder carcinomaUnivariate associationsStudy populationHigh riskIntraoperative methodHigh mortalityMultivariate analysis
2006
Outcome Following Surgical Therapy for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Gupta M, Sheppard B, Corless C, MacDonell K, Blanke C, Billingsley K. Outcome Following Surgical Therapy for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2006, 10: 1099-1105. PMID: 16966028, DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2006.05.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGastrointestinal stromal tumorsMultivisceral resectionStromal tumorsMetastatic diseaseSurgical resectionImatinib mesylateDuodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumorKIT-positive gastrointestinal stromal tumoursCox proportional hazards modelPercent of patientsComplete surgical resectionKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank analysisPresence of metastasesLimits of resectionProportional hazards modelMitotic indexHigh mitotic indexActuarial survivalPostoperative survivalIncomplete resectionSurgical therapyComplete resectionImproved survivalIndependent predictors