2022
The prognostic significance of the circumferential resection margin in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients without neoadjuvant treatment
Yang Z, Lin H, Wang Z, Rong L, Zhang X, Wang L, Qin J, Xue X, Li Y, Xue L. The prognostic significance of the circumferential resection margin in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients without neoadjuvant treatment. BMC Cancer 2022, 22: 1180. PMID: 36384463, PMCID: PMC9670431, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-022-10276-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEsophageal squamous cell carcinomaEsophageal squamous cell carcinoma patientsRoyal College of Pathologists criteriaRoyal College of PathologistsCRM statusCollege of American PathologistsResection marginsPrognostic factorsPrognostic significancePrognostic valueSquamous cell carcinoma patientsLong-term prognostic significanceCircumferential resection marginCell carcinoma patientsCollege of American Pathologists criteriaSquamous cell carcinomaLymph node metastasisMultivariate survival analysisLong-term survivalPN0 subgroupPN3 subgroupsNeoadjuvant therapyNeoadjuvant treatmentPT3 tumorsTumor distance
2020
Splenic-vasculature involvement is associated with poor prognosis in resected distal pancreatic cancer
Yin F, Saad M, Lin J, Jackson CR, Ren B, Lawson C, Karamchandani DM, Bernabeu BQ, Jiang W, Dhir T, Zheng R, Schultz CW, Zhang D, Thomas CL, Zhang X, Lai J, Schild M, Zhang X, Xie H, Liu X. Splenic-vasculature involvement is associated with poor prognosis in resected distal pancreatic cancer. Gastroenterology Report 2020, 9: 139-145. PMID: 34026221, PMCID: PMC8128010, DOI: 10.1093/gastro/goaa084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProgression-free survivalLarger tumor sizeOverall survivalStage pT3Radiographic evidencePrognostic valueTumor sizePancreatic cancerPancreatic carcinomaPredictors of PFSPost-operative adjuvant chemotherapyShorter progression-free survivalDistal pancreatic cancerSplenic artery invasionSplenic vein invasionIndependent risk factorPapillary mucinous neoplasmAdjuvant chemotherapyLymphovascular invasionNodal metastasisVein involvementDistant metastasisPerineural invasionPoor prognosisRetrospective study