2009
Tumor Blood Flow Measured by Perfusion Computed Tomography and 15O-Labeled Water Positron Emission Tomography
Ng CS, Kodama Y, Mullani NA, Barron BJ, Wei W, Herbst RS, Abbruzzese JL, Charnsangavej C. Tumor Blood Flow Measured by Perfusion Computed Tomography and 15O-Labeled Water Positron Emission Tomography. Journal Of Computer Assisted Tomography 2009, 33: 460-465. PMID: 19478644, DOI: 10.1097/rct.0b013e318182d2e0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWater positron emission tomographyPositron emission tomographyBlood flowEmission tomographyMean blood flow valuesBlood flow estimatesPerfusion Computed TomographyTumor blood flowPairs of examinationsBlood flow valuesMixed regression analysesUse of PCTBlood flow measurementsClinical gold standardIndex tumorClinical studiesComputed tomographySolid tumorsTumorsGold standardBland-AltmanTomographySignificant differencesRegression analysisT-test
2007
Efficacy and Safety of Single-Agent Pertuzumab, a Human Epidermal Receptor Dimerization Inhibitor, in Patients with Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Herbst RS, Davies AM, Natale RB, Dang TP, Schiller JH, Garland LL, Miller VA, Mendelson D, Van den Abbeele AD, Melenevsky Y, de Vries DJ, Eberhard DA, Lyons B, Lutzker SG, Johnson BE. Efficacy and Safety of Single-Agent Pertuzumab, a Human Epidermal Receptor Dimerization Inhibitor, in Patients with Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2007, 13: 6175-6181. PMID: 17947484, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-0460.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentsBiopsyCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungDimerizationErbB ReceptorsFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedMutationPositron-Emission TomographyProtein Structure, TertiaryReceptor, ErbB-2Time FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerProgression-free survival ratesCell lung cancerPositron emission tomographyLung cancerRecurrent non-small cell lung cancerHumanized monoclonal anti-HER2 antibodyGrade 4 adverse eventsGrade 4 cardiac toxicityPrimary efficacy end pointEmission tomographyEfficacy end pointPhase II trialResponse Evaluation CriteriaMonoclonal anti-HER2 antibodyOverall response rateMetabolic responseTumor glucose metabolismAnti-HER2 antibodyStable diseaseII trialAdverse eventsCardiac toxicityPharmacodynamic markersCore biopsy
2005
[18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake by Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Outcome of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Sasaki R, Komaki R, Macapinlac H, Erasmus J, Allen P, Forster K, Putnam JB, Herbst RS, Moran CA, Podoloff DA, Roth JA, Cox JD. [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake by Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Outcome of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2005, 23: 1136-1143. PMID: 15718309, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.06.129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistant metastasis-free survivalDisease-free survivalStandardized uptake valueLocal-regional controlHigh standardized uptake valueLower standardized uptake valuesCell lung cancerOverall survivalPrimary tumorPrognostic factorsPositron emission tomographyLung cancerBetter disease-free survivalEmission tomographyBetter DFS rateSignificant prognostic factorsKaplan-Meier methodStrong prognostic factorMetastasis-free survivalRegional lymph nodesBest discriminative valueLog-rank testSame cutoff pointIIIB NSCLCCurative surgery