2015
High-dose-rate vaginal brachytherapy with chemotherapy for surgically staged localized uterine serous carcinoma
Damast S, Higgins SA, Ratner E, De Leon MC, Mani S, Silasi DA, Azodi M, Santin A, Rutherford T, Schwartz PE. High-dose-rate vaginal brachytherapy with chemotherapy for surgically staged localized uterine serous carcinoma. Journal Of Contemporary Brachytherapy 2015, 7: 35-40. PMID: 25829935, PMCID: PMC4371058, DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2015.48539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecurrence-free survivalUterine serous carcinomaComprehensive surgical stagingOverall survivalSurgical stagingSerous carcinomaPara-aortic lymph node dissectionFIGO 2009 stage ICarboplatin-paclitaxel chemotherapyInstitutional chart reviewIsolated vaginal recurrencesSimultaneous lung metastasisLymph node dissectionPelvic control rateKaplan-Meier methodRate vaginal brachytherapyCases of recurrenceMedian followNode dissectionPeritoneal cytologyVaginal brachytherapyVaginal recurrenceTotal hysterectomyChart reviewBrachytherapy dose
2014
Phase I Clinical Trial of the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Inhibitor Everolimus in Combination With Oral Topotecan for Recurrent and Advanced Endometrial Cancer
Acevedo-Gadea C, Santin AD, Higgins SA, Urva S, Ratner E, Silasi DA, Azodi M, Rutherford T, Schwartz PE, Abu-Khalaf MM. Phase I Clinical Trial of the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Inhibitor Everolimus in Combination With Oral Topotecan for Recurrent and Advanced Endometrial Cancer. International Journal Of Gynecological Cancer 2014, 24: 528-533. PMID: 24557436, DOI: 10.1097/igc.0000000000000085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral topotecanEndometrial cancerDay 1Pelvic external beam radiation therapyMammalian targetExternal beam radiation therapyPhase I clinical trialRecurrent endometrial cancerAdvanced endometrial cancerDose-limiting toxicityEfficacy of topotecanRapamycin inhibitor everolimusBeam radiation therapyOral everolimusStable diseaseVaginal brachytherapyMedian ageRapamycin inhibitorsInhibitor everolimusPreclinical dataClinical trialsMedian numberPharmacokinetic assessmentRadiation therapyEverolimus