2021
Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Changing Practice Patterns and Impact on Recurrence-Free and Overall Survival at a Single Institution and Nationally
Esposito A, Jacobs D, Ariyan S, Galan A, Kluger H, Clune J, Weiss S, Tran T, Olino K. Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Changing Practice Patterns and Impact on Recurrence-Free and Overall Survival at a Single Institution and Nationally. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2021, 29: 415-424. PMID: 34494169, PMCID: PMC8677689, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-021-10727-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-specific survivalOverall survivalCT2 diseasePractice patternsSingle-institution retrospective reviewShorter disease-specific survivalActive cigarette smokersAdoption of immunotherapyMultivariable Cox regressionUse of immunotherapyUse of radiotherapyResultsOne hundred fiftyShorter overall survivalAggressive neuroendocrine carcinomaRisk of mortalitySurrogate outcome measureBackgroundMerkel cell carcinomaTreatment of MCCMCC managementImmunocompromised stateMCC patientsMedian ageUnknown primaryRetrospective reviewCigarette smokers
2017
Microvessel density as a prognostic marker in high-risk renal cell carcinoma.
Weiss S, Puligandla M, Jilaveanu L, Haas N, Wang X, Zito C, Boeke M, Neumeister V, Manola J, DiPaola R, Kluger H. Microvessel density as a prognostic marker in high-risk renal cell carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 4565-4565. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.4565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher microvessel densityRenal cell carcinomaDisease-free survivalHigh-risk renal cell carcinomaOverall survivalMicrovessel densityTreatment armsEntire cohortCell carcinomaNephrectomy specimensGrade I/IIVascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathwayStratified log-rank testEndothelial growth factor pathwayClear cell renal cell carcinomaImproved overall survivalCell renal cell carcinomaClear cell histologyShorter overall survivalLog-rank testTumor microvessel densityAbsence of necrosisGrowth factor pathwaysAdjuvant sunitinibImproved OS