2024
Brief Report: Should a prior cancer history be reevaluated as an exclusion for clinical trial participation?
Ayoade O, Canavan M, Caturegli G, Boffa D. Brief Report: Should a prior cancer history be reevaluated as an exclusion for clinical trial participation? Lung Cancer 2024, 198: 108032. PMID: 39561624, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2024.108032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerAssociated with superior survivalSuperior survivalStage III NSCLC patientsCancer historyIII NSCLC patientsReceipt of immunotherapyNational Cancer DatabaseRegimens of chemotherapyStage IV patientsAnalyze overall survivalCell lung cancerKaplan Meier analysisStage III andCox proportional hazards modelsProportional hazards modelInnovative treatment approachesInfluence patient outcomesNSCLC patientsIV patientsOverall survivalImmunotherapy trialsCancer DatabaseMeier analysisNon-small
2022
Nonregional Lymph Nodes as the Only Metastatic Site in Stage IV Esophageal Cancer
Zhan P, Canavan M, Ermer T, Pichert M, Li A, Maduka R, Kaminski M, Boffa D. Nonregional Lymph Nodes as the Only Metastatic Site in Stage IV Esophageal Cancer. JTO Clinical And Research Reports 2022, 3: 100426. PMID: 36444359, PMCID: PMC9700291, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtocrr.2022.100426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStage IV esophageal cancerNonregional lymph nodesEsophageal cancerSystemic metastasesLymph nodesMultiorgan metastasesOrgan metastasisSuperior survivalAcademic facility typesOnly metastatic siteNational Cancer DatabaseOutcomes of patientsPatients 18 yearsRetrospective cohort studyStage IV diseaseKaplan-Meier analysisSquamous cell carcinomaPropensity-matched sampleNonregional lymphCohort studyMetastatic involvementMetastatic sitesCell carcinomaCancer DatabaseCox model