2006
Asian Ethnicity as a Predictor of Response in Patients with Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Gefitinib on an Expanded Access Program
Thomas SK, Fossella FV, Liu D, Schaerer R, Tsao AS, Kies MS, Pisters KM, Blumenschein GR, Glisson BS, Lee JJ, Herbst RS, Zinner RG. Asian Ethnicity as a Predictor of Response in Patients with Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Gefitinib on an Expanded Access Program. Clinical Lung Cancer 2006, 7: 326-331. PMID: 16640804, DOI: 10.3816/clc.2006.n.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpanded Access ProgramCell lung cancerLung cancerAsian ethnicityD. Anderson Cancer CenterPartial response rateStable disease rateAdvanced-stage NSCLCPredictors of responseAccess programAnderson Cancer CenterEast Asian ethnicityChart reviewMedian survivalPartial responseIndependent predictorsMedian timeSmoking statusRetrospective studyCancer CenterPatientsResponse rateSurvival rateMultivariate analysisGefitinib
2000
Differential expression of E-cadherin and type IV collagenase genes predicts outcome in patients with stage I non-small cell lung carcinoma.
Herbst RS, Yano S, Kuniyasu H, Khuri FR, Bucana CD, Guo F, Liu D, Kemp B, Lee JJ, Hong WK, Fidler IJ. Differential expression of E-cadherin and type IV collagenase genes predicts outcome in patients with stage I non-small cell lung carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research 2000, 6: 790-7. PMID: 10741698.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCadherinsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansIn Situ HybridizationLung NeoplasmsMaleMatrix Metalloproteinase 2Matrix Metalloproteinase 9Middle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingPredictive Value of TestsSurvival AnalysisConceptsE-cadherin ratioLung cancerType IV collagenaseLung carcinomaDisease outcomeStage I non-small cell lung carcinomaPrimary non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerE-cadherinKaplan-Meier survival analysisNon-small cell lung carcinomaD. Anderson Cancer CenterResectable lung cancerDisease-free survivalSignificant prognostic factorsLonger overall survivalCell lung cancerDisease recurrence rateRoutine histopathological examinationCox univariate analysisAnderson Cancer CenterCell lung carcinomaVascular endothelial growth factor/vascular permeability factorHuman lung cancerBasic fibroblast growth factor