Surgical Management of Breast Cancer Liver Metastasis
Rahnemai-Azar AA, Selby LV, Lustberg MB, Pawlik TM. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer Liver Metastasis. Surgical Oncology Clinics Of North America 2020, 30: 27-37. PMID: 33220807, DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2020.09.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer liver metastasesCancer liver metastasesSystemic chemotherapyHepatic resectionLiver metastasesAblative therapyProlonged disease-free intervalDisease-free intervalBetter overall survivalLong-term outcomesLocal-regional therapyEffective systemic chemotherapyBreast cancer metastasisLimited diseaseOverall survivalRegional therapySurgical managementSurgery benefitMultidisciplinary settingPatientsCancer metastasisMetastasisTherapyResectionChemotherapyAssociation of pre-existing mental illness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic cancer
Paredes AZ, Hyer JM, Tsilimigras DI, Palmer E, Lustberg MB, Dillhoff ME, Cloyd JM, Tsung A, Ejaz A, Wells-Di Gregorio S, Pawlik TM. Association of pre-existing mental illness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic cancer. Hepato Pancreato Biliary 2020, 23: 451-458. PMID: 32843275, DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2020.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-specific mortalityLong-term outcomesPancreatic cancerMental illnessPre-existing mental illnessSchizophrenic disordersHigh riskMedicare beneficiariesCancer-directed surgerySEER-Medicare databasePre-existing historyAnxiety/depressionEarly-stage cancerCause mortalityMultivariable analysisPancreatic adenocarcinomaStage cancerPsychotic disordersPatientsBipolar disorderIllnessCancerMortalityDisordersDepression