2016
Nomogram for Predicting Overall Survival and Salvage Abdominoperineal Resection for Patients with Anal Cancer
Tsikitis VL, Lu KC, Kim JS, Billingsley KG, Thomas CR, Herzig DO. Nomogram for Predicting Overall Survival and Salvage Abdominoperineal Resection for Patients with Anal Cancer. Diseases Of The Colon & Rectum 2016, 59: 1-7. PMID: 26651105, DOI: 10.1097/dcr.0000000000000507.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSalvage abdominoperineal resectionAbdominoperineal resectionOverall survivalAnal cancerSalvage surgeryNodal statusTumor sizeStratified Cox proportional hazards modelCox proportional hazards modelAnal cancer treatmentNational Cancer DatabaseRetrospective cohort studyAnal cancer patientsYear of diagnosisTNM clinical stagePredicting Overall SurvivalOverall survival modelProportional hazards modelLogistic regression modelsSphincter preservationChemoradiation therapyCohort studySurgery statusChemoradiotherapy treatmentClinical stage
2014
Nomogram for predicting overall and colostomy-free survival for patients with anal cancer.
Tsikitis V, Lu K, Kim J, Billingsley K, Thomas C, Herzig D. Nomogram for predicting overall and colostomy-free survival for patients with anal cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2014, 32: 400-400. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.32.3_suppl.400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchColostomy-free survivalNational Cancer DatabaseAnal cancerNodal statusTumor sizeStratified Cox proportional hazards modelCox proportional hazards modelPrimary end pointRadical surgical treatmentTNM clinical stageProportional hazards modelOutcome prediction toolLogistic regression modelsCancer ptsChemoradiotherapy approachSphincter preservationAbdominoperineal resectionFree survivalSurgical treatmentSurgery statusClinical stageTNM stageCancer DatabaseHazards modelEnd point
2009
Evolving Preoperative Evaluation of Patients with Pancreatic Cancer: Does Laparoscopy Have a Role in the Current Era?
Mayo S, Austin D, Sheppard B, Mori M, Shipley D, Billingsley K. Evolving Preoperative Evaluation of Patients with Pancreatic Cancer: Does Laparoscopy Have a Role in the Current Era? Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2009, 208: 87-95. PMID: 19228509, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.10.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic adenocarcinomaDiagnostic laparoscopyMetastatic diseaseSurgical explorationEndoscopic ultrasonographyDual-phase CT scanMultivariate logistic regression modelCornerstone of stagingPreoperative weight lossMedical record reviewSubset of patientsPopulation-based studyPancreatic cancer patientsState Cancer RegistrySound clinical approachCurrent imaging modalitiesCombination of CTCurrent staging techniquesLogistic regression modelsCurative intentPotential resectabilityResectable patientsLaparoscopic stagingPreoperative evaluationPrimary outcome