2023
Hepatopancreatobiliary malignancies: time to treatment matters
Kerekes D, Frey A, Bakkila B, Johnson C, Becher R, Billingsley K, Khan S. Hepatopancreatobiliary malignancies: time to treatment matters. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2023, 0: 0-0. PMID: 37201090, PMCID: PMC10186552, DOI: 10.21037/jgo-22-1067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreatment initiationStage IHPB cancersStage I pancreatic cancerExtrahepatic bile duct cancerKaplan-Meier survival analysisHPB cancer patientsNational Cancer DatabaseRetrospective cohort studyBile duct cancerMedian treatment initiationHepatopancreatobiliary cancersMedian survivalCohort studyDuct cancerOverall survivalHispanic patientsEHBD cancerOncologic careBile ductCox regressionBlack raceCancer patientsDefinitive carePancreatic cancer
2020
Liver-first approach to stage IV colon cancer with synchronous isolated liver metastases
Kurbatov V, Resio BJ, Cama CA, Heller DR, Cha C, Zhang Y, Lu J, Khan SA. Liver-first approach to stage IV colon cancer with synchronous isolated liver metastases. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2020, 11: 76-83. PMID: 32175108, PMCID: PMC7052756, DOI: 10.21037/jgo.2020.01.03.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLiver-first approachIsolated liver metastasesColon adenocarcinomaLiver metastasesMultivariable Cox proportional hazards analysisCox proportional hazards analysisNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards analysisRisk of deathCompletion resectionResection sequenceUpfront chemotherapyExtrahepatic metastasesMedian survivalClinical outcomesHepatic metastasesCAC patientsKaplan-MeierMetastatic tumorsCancer DatabaseColon cancerCAC casesPatientsMetastasisGreater likelihood