2020
A National Study of Surgically Managed Atypical Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors
Walters SL, Canavan ME, Salazar MC, Resio BJ, Blasberg JD, Mase V, Boffa DJ. A National Study of Surgically Managed Atypical Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 112: 921-927. PMID: 33159862, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.09.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtypical pulmonary carcinoid tumorsPulmonary carcinoid tumorsCarcinoid tumorsCarcinoid patientsAtypical carcinoidStage IMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionNon-small cell lung cancerCox proportional hazards regressionAtypical carcinoid patientsTypical pulmonary carcinoidNational Cancer DatabasePredictors of survivalOptimal surgical managementAtypical carcinoid tumorCell lung cancerProportional hazards regressionKaplan-Meier survivalLong-term survivalNodal upstagingSurgical resectionMultivariable analysisSurgical managementHazards regressionLarge tumors
2018
Depth of Muscularis Propria Invasion Does Not Prognosticate Survival in T2 Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
SEDER CW, MAHON B, HENNON M, THOMAS M, LEVEA CM, MATKOWSKYJ KA, KRISHNA M, MEDAIROS R, MACKE RA, BASU S, BLASBERG JD. Depth of Muscularis Propria Invasion Does Not Prognosticate Survival in T2 Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Anticancer Research 2018, 38: 2195-2200. PMID: 29599339, DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.12461.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMuscularis propria invasionEsophageal adenocarcinomaPrognostic factorsCox proportional hazards regression analysisInferior long-term outcomesProportional hazards regression analysisPercent of patientsDisease-free survivalKaplan-Meier analysisRisk of lymphHazards regression analysisLong-term outcomesU.S. academic medical centersLong-term survivalAcademic medical centerInduction therapyMedian OSMedian ageNodal statusPerineural invasionTherapy statusSurvival differencesTumor gradeBlinded pathologistMedical Center