2023
Association Between Metastatic Pattern and Prognosis in Stage IV Gastric Cancer: Potential for Stage Classification Reform
Zhan P, Canavan M, Ermer T, Pichert M, Li A, Maduka R, Udelsman B, Nemeth A, Boffa D. Association Between Metastatic Pattern and Prognosis in Stage IV Gastric Cancer: Potential for Stage Classification Reform. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2023, 30: 4180-4191. PMID: 36869917, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-13287-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage IV gastric cancerNonregional lymph nodesMultivariable Cox modelLymph nodesGastric cancerMetastatic patternCox modelStage IV gastric cancer patientsBetter median survivalNational Cancer DatabaseRetrospective cohort studyStage IV patientsKaplan-Meier curvesGastric cancer patientsPropensity score-matched sampleSingle organYears of ageDistant diseaseCohort studyIV patientsMedian survivalMetastatic diseaseMost patientsBetter prognosisSystemic organs
2022
Nonregional Lymph Nodes as the Only Metastatic Site in Stage IV Esophageal Cancer
Zhan P, Canavan M, Ermer T, Pichert M, Li A, Maduka R, Kaminski M, Boffa D. Nonregional Lymph Nodes as the Only Metastatic Site in Stage IV Esophageal Cancer. JTO Clinical And Research Reports 2022, 3: 100426. PMID: 36444359, PMCID: PMC9700291, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtocrr.2022.100426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStage IV esophageal cancerNonregional lymph nodesEsophageal cancerSystemic metastasesLymph nodesMultiorgan metastasesOrgan metastasisSuperior survivalAcademic facility typesOnly metastatic siteNational Cancer DatabaseOutcomes of patientsPatients 18 yearsRetrospective cohort studyStage IV diseaseKaplan-Meier analysisSquamous cell carcinomaPropensity-matched sampleNonregional lymphCohort studyMetastatic involvementMetastatic sitesCell carcinomaCancer DatabaseCox model