2018
Tumor Microvessel Density as a Prognostic Marker in High-Risk Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated on ECOG-ACRIN E2805
Jilaveanu LB, Puligandla M, Weiss SA, Wang X, Zito C, Flaherty KT, Boeke M, Neumeister V, Camp RL, Adeniran A, Pins M, Manola J, DiPaola RS, Haas N, Kluger HM. Tumor Microvessel Density as a Prognostic Marker in High-Risk Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated on ECOG-ACRIN E2805. Clinical Cancer Research 2018, 24: 217-223. PMID: 29066509, PMCID: PMC5904512, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-17-1555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher microvessel densityDisease-free survivalRenal cell carcinomaHigh-risk RCC patientsImproved overall survivalOverall survivalMicrovessel densityRCC patientsAdjuvant therapy trialsClear cell histologyHigh-risk patientsBiomarkers of outcomeTumor microvessel densityLower microvessel densityAbsence of necrosisFuhrman grade 1Clin Cancer ResAdjuvant sunitinibProlonged OSCell histologyLymphovascular invasionSarcomatoid featuresMultivariable analysisTreatment armsEntire cohort
2016
Genomic characterization of sarcomatoid transformation in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Bi M, Zhao S, Said JW, Merino MJ, Adeniran AJ, Xie Z, Nawaf CB, Choi J, Belldegrun AS, Pantuck AJ, Kluger HM, Bilgüvar K, Lifton RP, Shuch B. Genomic characterization of sarcomatoid transformation in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: 2170-2175. PMID: 26864202, PMCID: PMC4776463, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1525735113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCarcinoma, Renal CellCell DedifferentiationDNA Mismatch RepairDNA-Binding ProteinsExomeFemaleGenes, p53HumansKidney NeoplasmsLoss of HeterozygosityMaleMiddle AgedMutationNuclear ProteinsOncogenesPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePrognosisTranscription FactorsTumor Suppressor ProteinsUbiquitin ThiolesteraseConceptsClear cell renal cell carcinomaCell renal cell carcinomaRenal cell carcinomaSarcomatoid elementsCarcinomatous elementsCell carcinomaSomatic single nucleotide variantsVon Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressorPoor-prognosis cancerTreatment of patientsTumor protein p53 (TP53) mutationsMismatch repair deficiencyRich interaction domain 1ASarcomatoid featuresPoor prognosisUnknown pathogenesisPolybromo-1TP53 mutationsP53 mutationsSarcomatoid transformationPan-cancer genesExome sequencingTumorsRepair deficiencyProtein 1