2020
Liver Pathologic Changes After Direct-Acting Antiviral Agent Therapy and Sustained Virologic Response in the Setting of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
Celli R, Saffo S, Kamili S, Wiese N, Hayden T, Taddei T, Jain D. Liver Pathologic Changes After Direct-Acting Antiviral Agent Therapy and Sustained Virologic Response in the Setting of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2020, 145: 419-427. PMID: 32810870, PMCID: PMC10960369, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0008-oa.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatocellular carcinomaHCC developmentChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionChronic viral hepatitis C infectionHepatitis C virus infectionViral hepatitis C infectionTissue polymerase chain reactionAntiviral agent therapyLiver histologic findingsLiver pathologic changesNon-SVR groupOccult HCV infectionPersistent liver inflammationSuccessful DAA therapyC virus infectionHepatitis C infectionSubset of patientsDegree of inflammationNumber of patientsPresence of virusDAA therapySVR patientsVirologic responseC infectionHCV infectionFibronodular hepatocellular carcinoma—a new variant of liver cancer: clinical, pathological and radiological correlation
Tefera J, Revzin M, Chapiro J, Savic L, Mulligan D, Batra R, Taddei T, Jain D, Zhang X. Fibronodular hepatocellular carcinoma—a new variant of liver cancer: clinical, pathological and radiological correlation. Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 74: 31-35. PMID: 32430483, PMCID: PMC7674234, DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206574.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stageBarcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stageScirrhous HCCMultiple rounded nodulesNon-peripheral washoutLiver Cancer stageRadiological featuresClinical featuresRadiological correlationCarcinoma variantsCancer stageHCC casesHepatocellular carcinomaLiver cancerFibrotic liverConventional HCCHCCLower ratesHigh rateRounded nodulesProgressionDistinct patternsCarcinomaSpecific variantsLesions
2019
Setting ambitious targets for surveillance and treatment rates among patients with hepatitis C related cirrhosis impacts the cost-effectiveness of hepatocellular cancer surveillance and substantially increases life expectancy: A modeling study
Uyei J, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE, Chapko M, Stevens ER, Braithwaite RS. Setting ambitious targets for surveillance and treatment rates among patients with hepatitis C related cirrhosis impacts the cost-effectiveness of hepatocellular cancer surveillance and substantially increases life expectancy: A modeling study. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0221614. PMID: 31449554, PMCID: PMC6709904, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221614.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioCost-effectiveness ratioHCC treatmentLife expectancyDifferent surveillance intervalsDecision-analytic Markov modelHepatitis C virusCause of deathAspirational scenarioCurrent HCVHCC surveillanceHCC incidenceHepatitis CSurveillance intervalsC virusCancer surveillanceVeteran outcomesLower incidenceStudy groupHCVTreatment useCirrhosisEpidemiologic studiesPatientsCompliance rateMacrotrabecular Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Jeon Y, Benedict M, Taddei T, Jain D, Zhang X. Macrotrabecular Hepatocellular Carcinoma. The American Journal Of Surgical Pathology 2019, 43: 943-948. PMID: 31135484, DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000001289.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAlpha-FetoproteinsCarcinoma, HepatocellularDisease ProgressionFemaleHepatectomyHepatitis BHepatitis CHumansLiver CirrhosisLiver NeoplasmsLiver TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingProgression-Free SurvivalRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTime FactorsTumor BurdenConceptsHepatocellular carcinomaHCC subtypesHigh alpha-fetoprotein levelsWorse recurrence-free survivalDistinct HCC subtypeHepatitis C infectionRecurrence-free survivalAlpha-fetoprotein levelsAnaplastic tumor cellsHigh histologic gradePoor overall survivalConventional hepatocellular carcinomaHigh recurrence rateHigher AJCC stageDetailed pathologic evaluationMacrotrabecular patternC infectionPrimary resectionHepatitis BOverall survivalPathologic evaluationAJCC stageClinicopathologic featuresHistologic subtypeRecurrence rate
2016
Recalibrating the Child–Turcotte–Pugh Score to Improve Prediction of Transplant-Free Survival in Patients with Cirrhosis
Kaplan DE, Dai F, Skanderson M, Aytaman A, Baytarian M, D’Addeo K, Fox R, Hunt K, Knott A, Mehta R, Pedrosa M, Pocha C, Valderrama A, Taddei T, for the VOCAL Study Group. Recalibrating the Child–Turcotte–Pugh Score to Improve Prediction of Transplant-Free Survival in Patients with Cirrhosis. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2016, 61: 3309-3320. PMID: 27405990, PMCID: PMC5067291, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-016-4239-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBilirubinCreatinineDisease ProgressionEnd Stage Liver DiseaseEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleHumansInternational Normalized RatioLiver CirrhosisLiver TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsRetrospective StudiesSerum AlbuminSeverity of Illness IndexUnited StatesVeteransConceptsTransplant-free survivalHarrell's C-statisticC-statisticPugh scoreChild-TurcotteCTP scoreHighest Harrell's C-statisticsCox proportional hazards modelEvidence-based cutpointProportional hazards modelLong-term survivalEtiology subgroupsSerum creatinineVeteran patientsLaboratory variablesRisk ratioTotal bilirubinHazards modelCirrhosisPatientsLower cutpointsDisease etiologySurvivalCutpointsScores
2009
The underrecognized progressive nature of N370S Gaucher disease and assessment of cancer risk in 403 patients
Taddei TH, Kacena KA, Yang M, Yang R, Malhotra A, Boxer M, Aleck KA, Rennert G, Pastores GM, Mistry PK. The underrecognized progressive nature of N370S Gaucher disease and assessment of cancer risk in 403 patients. American Journal Of Hematology 2009, 84: 208-214. PMID: 19260119, PMCID: PMC3008404, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21362.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge of OnsetBone Diseases, MetabolicChildCross-Sectional StudiesDisease ProgressionFemaleGaucher DiseaseGenetic HeterogeneityGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeGlucosylceramidaseHumansHypergammaglobulinemiaIncidenceJewsMaleMiddle AgedMultiple MyelomaMutation, MissenseNeoplasmsOrgan SpecificityPhenotypePoint MutationRiskVisceraYoung AdultConceptsMultiple myelomaGaucher diseaseSkeletal diseaseRelative riskCancer riskType 1 Gaucher's diseaseCommon lysosomal storage disorderCross-sectional studyOverall cancer riskProgressive skeletal diseaseAdaptive immune systemLysosomal storage disorderAdult patientsEntire cohortLifetime riskNatural courseHematologic malignanciesRelative sparingHematologic diseasesHigh riskHigh incidencePatientsGBA1 geneHomozygous patientsImmune system