2020
Stage III uterine serous carcinoma: modern trends in multimodality treatment
Li JY, Young MR, Huang G, Litkouhi B, Santin A, Schwartz PE, Damast S. Stage III uterine serous carcinoma: modern trends in multimodality treatment. Journal Of Gynecologic Oncology 2020, 31: e53. PMID: 32266802, PMCID: PMC7286763, DOI: 10.3802/jgo.2020.31.e53.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUterine serous carcinomaExternal beam RTVaginal brachytherapyOverall survivalHuman epidermal growth factor receptorModern treatment eraSentinel node samplingRegional nodal recurrenceKaplan-Meier estimatesLog-rank testCox proportional hazardsExternal beam radiotherapyEpidermal growth factor receptorERA treatmentGrowth factor receptorUSC patientsFree survivalNodal recurrenceTreatment eraMultimodality treatmentPatient characteristicsPerioperative periodRegional nodalSerous carcinomaNode sampling
2011
Phase II trial of adjuvant pelvic radiation “sandwiched” between ifosfamide or ifosfamide plus cisplatin in women with uterine carcinosarcoma
Einstein MH, Klobocista M, Hou JY, Lee S, Mutyala S, Mehta K, Reimers LL, Kuo D, Huang GS, Goldberg GL. Phase II trial of adjuvant pelvic radiation “sandwiched” between ifosfamide or ifosfamide plus cisplatin in women with uterine carcinosarcoma. Gynecologic Oncology 2011, 124: 26-30. PMID: 22055846, PMCID: PMC3787514, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.10.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-free survivalAddition of cisplatinUterine carcinosarcomaResidual diseasePelvic external beam radiotherapyYear disease-free survivalKaplan-Meier statistical methodAdjuvant pelvic radiationGrade 3/4 neutropeniaGross residual diseaseIfosfamide/cisplatinPhase II trialStage 1 patientsTolerable toxicity profileRare uterine tumorExternal beam radiotherapyAdjuvant settingEfficacious regimenGOG trialsPelvic radiationRecurrent carcinosarcomaMedian followSystemic chemotherapyII trialUterine tumors
2006
Survival and toxicity differences between 5‐day and weekly cisplatin in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer
Einstein MH, Novetsky AP, Garg M, Hailpern SM, Huang GS, Glueck A, Fields AL, Kalnicki S, Goldberg GL. Survival and toxicity differences between 5‐day and weekly cisplatin in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. Cancer 2006, 109: 48-53. PMID: 17123270, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgression-free survivalAdvanced cervical cancerCervical cancerWeekly groupWeekly CDDPAdvanced stage cervical cancerAdvanced-stage patientsCompletion of treatmentTimes higher riskExternal beam radiotherapyAcute toxicitySignificant demographic differencesOutpatient regimenWeekly cisplatinWeekly regimenConsecutive patientsTreatment failureSingle institutionDay concomitantBeam radiotherapyHigh riskRate brachytherapy treatmentPatientsRegimenRadiotherapy