2024
OncoSexome: the landscape of sex-based differences in oncologic diseases
Shen X, Zhang Y, Li J, Zhou Y, Butensky S, Zhang Y, Cai Z, DeWan A, Khan S, Yan H, Johnson C, Zhu F. OncoSexome: the landscape of sex-based differences in oncologic diseases. Nucleic Acids Research 2024, gkae1003. PMID: 39535034, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae1003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharting the metabolic biogeography of the colorectum in cancer: challenging the right sided versus left sided classification
Jain A, Morris M, Berardi D, Arora T, Domingo-Almenara X, Paty P, Rattray N, Kerekes D, Lu L, Khan S, Johnson C. Charting the metabolic biogeography of the colorectum in cancer: challenging the right sided versus left sided classification. Molecular Cancer 2024, 23: 211. PMID: 39342363, PMCID: PMC11438248, DOI: 10.1186/s12943-024-02133-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRectal cancerNormal mucosaMetabolite abundancePatient-matched tumorTumor-specific metabolitesMetabolic heterogeneityPatient survivalRectosigmoid colonSigmoid colonAnatomic subsitePatient-matched normal mucosaTransverse colonMetabolomic profilesAscending colonCRC biomarkersMetabolome DatabaseDescending colonMetabolite changesLeft-sidedRight-sidedColorectumRisk factorsMetabolome mapCancerTumor
2019
Predictors of Lymph Node Involvement by Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Trunk and Extremity: An Analysis of the National Cancer Database
Miccio JA, Jairam V, Gao S, Augustyn A, Oladeru OT, Onderdonk BE, Chowdhary M, Han D, Khan S, Friedlaender G, Lindskog DM, Desphande HA, Osborn H, Roberts KB, Patel KR. Predictors of Lymph Node Involvement by Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Trunk and Extremity: An Analysis of the National Cancer Database. Cureus 2019, 11: e6038. PMID: 31824805, PMCID: PMC6886621, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.6038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSoft tissue sarcomasPathologic nodal evaluationNational Cancer DatabaseLymphovascular invasionNodal evaluationRisk factorsMultivariable logistic regression modelExtremity STS patientsGrade 3 tumorsHigh-risk groupTrunk/extremitiesLogistic regression modelsNeoadjuvant therapyWorse survivalRetrospective reviewSTS patientsDistant metastasisMultivariable analysisEpithelioid histologyTissue sarcomasCancer DatabaseExclusion criteriaPatientsLNMMetastasis