2015
Multimodal Therapy in the Treatment of Prostate Sarcoma: The Johns Hopkins Experience
Ball MW, Sundi D, Reese AC, Meyer CF, Terezakis SA, Efron JE, Schoenberg MP, Epstein JI, Ahuja N, Bivalacqua TJ. Multimodal Therapy in the Treatment of Prostate Sarcoma: The Johns Hopkins Experience. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 2015, 13: 435-440. PMID: 26003268, DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2015.04.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-specific survivalRecurrence-free survivalProstate sarcomaOverall survivalSurgical resectionLocal recurrenceMedian recurrence-free survivalFavorable cancer-specific survivalCommon presenting symptomRecords of patientsPatient demographic informationJohns Hopkins ExperienceActuarial OSConcurrent chemotherapyCurative intentMedian OSNeoadjuvant chemoradiationNeoadjuvant radiationOncological outcomesPresenting symptomMost patientsRFS ratesUrinary obstructionMetastatic recurrenceTumor characteristics
2014
Clinicopathologic Presentation and Natural History of Anorectal Melanoma: A Case Series of 18 Patients
Hicks CW, Pappou EP, Magruder JT, Gazer B, Fang S, Wick EC, Gearhart SL, Ahuja N, Efron JE. Clinicopathologic Presentation and Natural History of Anorectal Melanoma: A Case Series of 18 Patients. JAMA Surgery 2014, 149: 608-611. PMID: 24848283, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnorectal melanomaOverall disease-specific mortalityNatural historyDisease-specific mortalityDisease-specific survivalNonspecific presenting symptomsWide local excisionRare malignant neoplasmVariable natural historyNonspecific presentationPresenting symptomAbdominoperineal resectionLocal excisionCase seriesMedian timeSurgical managementRectal lesionsMalignant neoplasmsPrognostic parametersClinicopathologic presentationLate diagnosisAdvanced stageIncorrect diagnosisSmall lesionsLarger study