2020
Invasive Staging Procedures Do Not Prevent Nodal Metastases From Being Missed in Stage I Lung Cancer
Resio BJ, Canavan M, Mase V, Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Invasive Staging Procedures Do Not Prevent Nodal Metastases From Being Missed in Stage I Lung Cancer. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 110: 390-397. PMID: 32283084, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage I lung cancerI lung cancerMissed nodal metastasisClinical stage I lung cancerNodal metastasisLung cancerPositron emission tomographyStaging evaluationCancer patientsEndobronchial ultrasoundInvasive nodalClinical stage I patientsEarly-stage lung cancer patientsOccult lymph node metastasisEmission tomographyThoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery DatabaseInvasive staging proceduresClinical stage IStage I patientsTreatment-naive patientsGeneral Thoracic Surgery DatabaseLow-risk cohortOccult nodal metastasisLymph node metastasisLung cancer patients
2009
Reduction of elevated plasma osteopontin levels with resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Blasberg J, Pass H, Flores R, Donington J. Reduction of elevated plasma osteopontin levels with resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2009, 27: 11019-11019. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.11019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerEarly-stage non-small cell lung cancerStage non-small cell lung cancerEarly-stage NSCLC patientsStage NSCLC patientsPlasma osteopontin levelsNSCLC patientsOPN levelsPlasma OPNOsteopontin levelsIndependent cohortElevated Plasma Osteopontin LevelsStage I patientsImpact of surgeryCell lung cancerResectable NSCLC patientsSignificant decreaseNSCLC correlatesFormer smokersI patientsPrognostic significanceValidation cohortLung cancerPatientsMultivariate analysis