2023
The role of imaging and sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with T3b-T4b melanoma with clinically negative disease
Papageorge M, Maina R, King A, Lee V, Baumann R, Pucar D, Ariyan S, Khan S, Weiss S, Clune J, Olino K. The role of imaging and sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with T3b-T4b melanoma with clinically negative disease. Frontiers In Oncology 2023, 13: 1143354. PMID: 37223678, PMCID: PMC10200883, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1143354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPre-operative imagingCross-sectional imagingFree survivalLow-risk melanomaHigh-risk melanomaHigh-risk diseaseKaplan-Meier methodRecurrence-free survivalSentinel node biopsyWide local excisionManagement of patientsLog-rank testRole of imagingPropensity-score matchingIncidental cancerT4b diseaseMetastatic diseaseNodal diseaseNode biopsyPerioperative periodMedian ageNegative diseaseSentinel lymphLocal excisionNodular melanoma
2017
Microvessel density as a prognostic marker in high-risk renal cell carcinoma.
Weiss S, Puligandla M, Jilaveanu L, Haas N, Wang X, Zito C, Boeke M, Neumeister V, Manola J, DiPaola R, Kluger H. Microvessel density as a prognostic marker in high-risk renal cell carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 4565-4565. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.4565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher microvessel densityRenal cell carcinomaDisease-free survivalHigh-risk renal cell carcinomaOverall survivalMicrovessel densityTreatment armsEntire cohortCell carcinomaNephrectomy specimensGrade I/IIVascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathwayStratified log-rank testEndothelial growth factor pathwayClear cell renal cell carcinomaImproved overall survivalCell renal cell carcinomaClear cell histologyShorter overall survivalLog-rank testTumor microvessel densityAbsence of necrosisGrowth factor pathwaysAdjuvant sunitinibImproved OS