2018
Low Frequency of Lymph Node Metastases in Patients in the United States With Early-stage Gastric Cancers That Fulfill Japanese Endoscopic Resection Criteria
Hanada Y, Choi AY, Hwang JH, Draganov PV, Khanna L, Sethi A, Bartel MJ, Goel N, Abe S, De Latour RA, Park K, Melis M, Newman E, Hatzaras I, Reddy SS, Farma JM, Liu X, Schlachterman A, Kresak J, Trapp G, Ansari N, Schrope B, Lee JY, Dhall D, Lo S, Jamil LH, Burch M, Gaddam S, Gong Y, Del Portillo A, Tomizawa Y, Truong CD, Brewer Gutierrez OI, Montgomery E, Johnston FM, Duncan M, Canto M, Ahuja N, Lennon AM, Ngamruengphong S. Low Frequency of Lymph Node Metastases in Patients in the United States With Early-stage Gastric Cancers That Fulfill Japanese Endoscopic Resection Criteria. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2018, 17: 1763-1769. PMID: 30471457, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.11.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Signet Ring CellEndoscopic Mucosal ResectionFemaleGastrectomyHumansJapanLymph NodesLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm StagingPractice Guidelines as TopicRetrospective StudiesStomach NeoplasmsTumor BurdenUnited StatesConceptsFrequency of lymphEarly gastric cancerEndoscopic resectionLymph node metastasisLymph nodesGastric cancerLymphovascular invasionNode metastasisGastric adenocarcinomaEarly gastric cancer lesionsEarly-stage gastric cancerEndoscopic resection criteriaLymph node dissectionTertiary care centerRisk of lymphRisk of metastasisGastric cancer lesionsDefinitive therapyNode dissectionResection criteriaSurgical resectionAsian patientsRetrospective studySubmucosal invasionRisk factors
2016
Tumors with unmethylated MLH1 and the CpG island methylator phenotype are associated with a poor prognosis in stage II colorectal cancer patients
Fu T, Liu Y, Li K, Wan W, Pappou EP, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Kerner Z, Baylin SB, Wolfgang CL, Ahuja N. Tumors with unmethylated MLH1 and the CpG island methylator phenotype are associated with a poor prognosis in stage II colorectal cancer patients. Oncotarget 2016, 5: 86480-86489. PMID: 27880934, PMCID: PMC5349928, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.13441.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-free survivalStage II colorectal cancer patientsStage II CRC patientsCpG island methylator phenotypeMLH1 methylation statusColorectal cancer patientsOverall survivalLymphovascular invasionCRC patientsCancer patientsMucin productionMethylator phenotypeKaplan-Meier analysisPoor clinical outcomeMethylation statusDuodenal adenocarcinomaClinical outcomesAggressive featuresPoor prognosisPrognostic valuePatient subgroupsTumor locationMultivariate analysisPatientsM group