2021
Programmed Death Ligand-1 Expression Is Associated With Poorer Survival in Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Monsrud A, Avadhani V, Mosunjac M, Flowers L, Krishnamurti U. Programmed Death Ligand-1 Expression Is Associated With Poorer Survival in Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2021, 146: 1094-1101. PMID: 34936703, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0169-oa.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnal squamous cell carcinomaPD-L1 expressionHIV viral loadTumor proportion scorePD-L1Squamous cell carcinomaOverall survivalCD4 countPrognostic factorsHIV statusViral loadCell carcinomaProportion scoreInvasive anal squamous cell carcinomaMedian cancer-specific survivalIndependent adverse prognostic factorDeath ligand 1 (PD-L1) expressionCancer-specific survivalAdverse prognostic factorLigand 1 expressionSignificant prognostic factorsDeath ligand 1Kaplan-Meier curvesWorse overall survivalLog-rank test
2020
PD-L1 Expression is Associated with Poorer Survival in Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Analysis from an Urban Public Hospital
Monsrud A, Avadhani V, Mosunjac M, Krishnamurti U. PD-L1 Expression is Associated with Poorer Survival in Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Analysis from an Urban Public Hospital. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 154: s66-s67. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa161.145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedian cancer-specific survivalAnal squamous cell carcinomaPD-L1 expressionSquamous cell carcinomaCancer-specific survivalHIV viral loadPD-L1 positive statusPD-L1Cell carcinomaOverall survivalSpecific survivalHIV statusViral loadCD4 countPositive statusPD-L1 negative casesPD-L1 positive casesPD-L1 positive groupInvasive squamous cell carcinomaPositive PD-L1Cancer-specific deathSignificant prognostic factorsKaplan-Meier curvesWorse overall survivalLog-rank test
2019
Prognostic Role of Androgen Receptor in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Study
Bhattarai S, Klimov S, Mittal K, Krishnamurti U, Li X, Oprea-Ilies G, Wetherilt C, Riaz A, Aleskandarany M, Green A, Ellis I, Cantuaria G, Gupta M, Manne U, Agboola J, Baskovich B, Janssen E, Callagy G, Walsh E, Mehta A, Dogra A, Shet T, Gajaria P, Traina T, Nggada H, Omonisi A, Ahmed S, Rakha E, Rida P, Aneja R. Prognostic Role of Androgen Receptor in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Study. Cancers 2019, 11: 995. PMID: 31319547, PMCID: PMC6678933, DOI: 10.3390/cancers11070995.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerAR-positive triple-negative breast cancerAndrogen receptorAR statusPrognostic roleOverall survivalBetter prognosisBreast cancerAR-positive nucleiPatients' overall survivalReliable prognostic markersNegative breast cancerPotential therapeutic targetMulti-institutional studyAR positivityTNBC patientsPoor prognosisPrognostic valuePrimary tumorPatient prognosisIndian cohortPrognostic markerUK cohortAR antibodyTNBC samples
2017
Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Has a Worse Prognosis in Male Than in Female Patients
Li X, Yang J, Krishnamurti U, Huo L, Ward K, O'Regan R, Peng L. Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Has a Worse Prognosis in Male Than in Female Patients. Clinical Breast Cancer 2017, 17: 356-366. PMID: 28576631, DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2017.03.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMale breast carcinomaFemale breast carcinomaHormone receptorsMBC patientsWorse OSOverall survivalBreast carcinomaBreast cancerStage IHormone receptor-positive breast cancerEarly-stage hormone receptorReceptor-positive breast cancerNational Cancer Institute's SurveillanceEnd Results (SEER) databaseWorse overall survivalBreast carcinoma casesSimilar survival ratesMBC subtypesWorse survivalClinicopathologic featuresOverall incidenceResults databaseWorse prognosisHER2 statusFBC patientsMulti-institutional study of nuclear KIFC1 as a biomarker of poor prognosis in African American women with triple-negative breast cancer
Ogden A, Garlapati C, Li X, Turaga R, Oprea-Ilies G, Wright N, Bhattarai S, Mittal K, Wetherilt C, Krishnamurti U, Reid M, Jones M, Gupta M, Osan R, Pattni S, Riaz A, Klimov S, Rao A, Cantuaria G, Rida P, Aneja R. Multi-institutional study of nuclear KIFC1 as a biomarker of poor prognosis in African American women with triple-negative breast cancer. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 42289. PMID: 28218233, PMCID: PMC5316996, DOI: 10.1038/srep42289.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistant metastasis-free survivalProgression-free survivalTNBC cellsOverall survivalPoor prognosisBreast cancerTriple-negative breast cancer patientsTriple-negative breast cancerMultivariable Cox modelMetastasis-free survivalWorse overall survivalBreast cancer patientsMulti-institutional studyAA TNBC patientsAfrican AmericansAfrican American womenTNBC patientsIndependent biomarkerPrognostic valueCancer patientsWorse outcomesCox modelTissue microarrayKIFC1 knockdownTNBCTumor-infiltrating lymphocytes are significantly associated with better overall survival and disease-free survival in triple-negative but not estrogen receptor–positive breast cancers
Krishnamurti U, Wetherilt C, Yang J, Peng L, Li X. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes are significantly associated with better overall survival and disease-free survival in triple-negative but not estrogen receptor–positive breast cancers. Human Pathology 2017, 64: 7-12. PMID: 28153508, DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2017.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomarkers, TumorBiopsyBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantDisease ProgressionDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsLymphatic MetastasisLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMastectomyMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingOdds RatioPredictive Value of TestsProportional Hazards ModelsReceptors, EstrogenRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesDisease-free survivalBetter overall survivalLymph node statusOverall survivalBreast cancerNeoadjuvant treatmentLymphovascular invasionEstrogen receptor-positive breast cancerReceptor-positive breast cancerOncotype DX recurrence scoreOncotype DX scorePossible prognostic valueDX recurrence scoreNottingham histologic gradeNeoadjuvant settingTILs correlateNegative associationNode statusPrognostic valueRecurrence scoreHistologic gradePrognostic parametersPathological response
2016
Stromal PD-L1 Expression Is Associated With Better Disease-Free Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Li X, Wetherilt C, Krishnamurti U, Yang J, Ma Y, Styblo T, Meisel J, Peng L, Siddiqui M, Cohen C, Aneja R. Stromal PD-L1 Expression Is Associated With Better Disease-Free Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2016, 146: 496-502. PMID: 27686176, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqw134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerBetter disease-free survivalDisease-free survivalPD-L1 expressionPD-L1 stainingTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesStromal PD-L1 expressionPD-1 stainingLymphovascular invasionOverall survivalBreast cancerH-scoreTNBC casesTumor sizeCell death protein 1PD-1 expressionLymph node statusDeath protein 1Worse overall survivalKi-67 scoreFull-face sectionsNottingham histologic gradeNeoadjuvant therapyPD-1Node status