2010
Adjuvant therapy and survival after resection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Mayo S, Austin D, Sheppard B, Mori M, Shipley D, Billingsley K. Adjuvant therapy and survival after resection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Cancer 2010, 116: 2932-2940. PMID: 20336787, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdjuvant therapyPancreatic adenocarcinomaOverall survivalAdjuvant treatmentCox proportional hazards modelMedian overall survivalKaplan-Meier methodMedical record reviewPopulation-based cohortOngoing clinical trialsState Cancer RegistryProportional hazards modelPaucity of dataAdjuvant chemoradiationCurative intentR0 resectionMedian survivalPerformance statusComplete resectionRecord reviewCancer RegistryPathologic stageClinical trialsRegistry dataHazards model
2006
Outcome Following Surgical Therapy for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Gupta M, Sheppard B, Corless C, MacDonell K, Blanke C, Billingsley K. Outcome Following Surgical Therapy for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2006, 10: 1099-1105. PMID: 16966028, DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2006.05.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGastrointestinal stromal tumorsMultivisceral resectionStromal tumorsMetastatic diseaseSurgical resectionImatinib mesylateDuodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumorKIT-positive gastrointestinal stromal tumoursCox proportional hazards modelPercent of patientsComplete surgical resectionKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank analysisPresence of metastasesLimits of resectionProportional hazards modelMitotic indexHigh mitotic indexActuarial survivalPostoperative survivalIncomplete resectionSurgical therapyComplete resectionImproved survivalIndependent predictors