2024
Development of anex vivo patient-derived tumor model (PDTM) to assess the tumor microenvironment in renal cell carcinoma (RCC)
Kashima S, Gupta R, Moritz V, Sadak K, Adeniran A, Humphrey P, Dinulescu D, Palmer D, Hammond S, Bosenberg M, Hurwitz M, Kenney P, Braun D. Development of anex vivo patient-derived tumor model (PDTM) to assess the tumor microenvironment in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The Oncologist 2024, 29: s5-s6. PMCID: PMC11301923, DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyae181.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRCC tumor microenvironmentPatient-derived tumor modelsRenal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsT cell functionPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayTumor microenvironmentT cellsFlow cytometryTumor fragmentsIFN-gTumor modelTumor samplesCytokine productionHealthy donor peripheral blood mononuclear cellsImpact of immune checkpoint inhibitorsAnti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodyDonor peripheral blood mononuclear cellsCD4+CD25+ regulatory T cellsCD8+ T cell populationsResection of renal cell carcinomaSurgical resection of renal cell carcinomaAnti-PD-1 antibodyMetastatic renal cell carcinoma
2023
InterMEL: An international biorepository and clinical database to uncover predictors of survival in early-stage melanoma
Orlow I, Sadeghi K, Edmiston S, Kenney J, Lezcano C, Wilmott J, Cust A, Scolyer R, Mann G, Lee T, Burke H, Jakrot V, Shang P, Ferguson P, Boyce T, Ko J, Ngo P, Funchain P, Rees J, O’Connell K, Hao H, Parrish E, Conway K, Googe P, Ollila D, Moschos S, Hernando E, Hanniford D, Argibay D, Amos C, Lee J, Osman I, Luo L, Kuan P, Aurora A, Rothberg BE, Bosenberg M, Gerstenblith M, Thompson C, Bogner P, Gorlov I, Holmen S, Brunsgaard E, Saenger Y, Shen R, Seshan V, Nagore E, Ernstoff M, Busam K, Begg C, Thomas N, Berwick M, Consortium O. InterMEL: An international biorepository and clinical database to uncover predictors of survival in early-stage melanoma. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0269324. PMID: 37011054, PMCID: PMC10069769, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-stage melanomaPrimary melanomaMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterDisease-specific survivalPredictors of survivalMulti-institutional settingSomatic mutationsPre-established protocolMiRNA expressionScreening failureMulticenter studyCancer CenterDownstream testingLimited tumor tissueNucleic acid qualityClinical databaseMulticenter researchTumor tissueMelanomaTumor samplesFFPE tumorsArchival tissueFFPE tissue blocksTissue blocksSuccess rate