2021
Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Changing Practice Patterns and Impact on Recurrence-Free and Overall Survival at a Single Institution and Nationally
Esposito A, Jacobs D, Ariyan S, Galan A, Kluger H, Clune J, Weiss S, Tran T, Olino K. Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Changing Practice Patterns and Impact on Recurrence-Free and Overall Survival at a Single Institution and Nationally. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2021, 29: 415-424. PMID: 34494169, PMCID: PMC8677689, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-021-10727-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-specific survivalOverall survivalCT2 diseasePractice patternsSingle-institution retrospective reviewShorter disease-specific survivalActive cigarette smokersAdoption of immunotherapyMultivariable Cox regressionUse of immunotherapyUse of radiotherapyResultsOne hundred fiftyShorter overall survivalAggressive neuroendocrine carcinomaRisk of mortalitySurrogate outcome measureBackgroundMerkel cell carcinomaTreatment of MCCMCC managementImmunocompromised stateMCC patientsMedian ageUnknown primaryRetrospective reviewCigarette smokers
2009
SMAD4 Gene Mutations Are Associated with Poor Prognosis in Pancreatic Cancer
Blackford A, Serrano OK, Wolfgang CL, Parmigiani G, Jones S, Zhang X, Parsons DW, Lin JC, Leary RJ, Eshleman JR, Goggins M, Jaffee EM, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Maitra A, Cameron JL, Olino K, Schulick R, Winter J, Herman JM, Laheru D, Klein AP, Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, Velculescu VE, Hruban RH. SMAD4 Gene Mutations Are Associated with Poor Prognosis in Pancreatic Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2009, 15: 4674-4679. PMID: 19584151, PMCID: PMC2819274, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-09-0227.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGene DeletionHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMutationPancreatic NeoplasmsPrognosisProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type IIReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaSmad4 ProteinTumor Suppressor Protein p53ConceptsPoor prognosisPancreatic cancerLymph node statusShorter overall survivalSMAD4 gene mutationUnderwent pancreaticoduodenectomyOverall survivalMargin statusNode statusTumor sizePatient outcomesPatientsAdenocarcinomaPancreasCancerPrognosisGene mutationsSMAD4 inactivationGene inactivationSomatic mutationsHomozygous deletionMonthsSurvival