2022
Immunotherapy After Chemotherapy and Radiation for Clinical Stage III Lung Cancer
Pichert MD, Canavan ME, Maduka RC, Li AX, Ermer T, Zhan PL, Kaminski M, Udelsman BV, Blasberg JD, Park HS, Goldberg SB, Boffa DJ. Immunotherapy After Chemotherapy and Radiation for Clinical Stage III Lung Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2224478. PMID: 35925606, PMCID: PMC9353596, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage III non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerClinical stage III non-small cell lung cancerUnresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancerPropensity-matched sampleGeneral US populationSurvival advantageCohort studyLung cancerMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsUS populationStage III lung cancerMedian age 66 yearsCox proportional hazards modelNational Cancer DatabaseEfficacy of immunotherapyAge 66 yearsProtocol rangesCell lung cancerClinical trial populationsProportional hazards modelTerms of ageImmunotherapy initiationImmunotherapy recipientsImmunotherapy use
2021
Outcomes of surgically managed primary lung sarcomas: a National Cancer Database analysis
Li AX, Resio BJ, Canavan ME, Papageorge M, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD. Outcomes of surgically managed primary lung sarcomas: a National Cancer Database analysis. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2021, 0: 0-0. PMID: 34277037, PMCID: PMC8264694, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary lung sarcomaNational Cancer DatabaseLung sarcomaOverall survivalSurgical resectionMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsNon-small cell lung cancer patientsNational Cancer Database AnalysisCell lung cancer patientsCox proportional hazards modelCharlson-Deyo scoreFive-year OSMultivariable Cox modelPositive lymph nodesMajority of patientsLung cancer patientsHigh tumor gradeHigh-grade tumorsDifferent histologic subtypesProportional hazards modelAdjuvant chemotherapyParenchymal resectionPulmonary malignancyWorse survivalAdjusted mortality
2019
Benefit of combining local treatment and systemic therapy for stage IV NSCLC: Results from the National Cancer Database.
Dendy Case M, Uhlig J, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Chiang A, Gettinger S, Kim H. Benefit of combining local treatment and systemic therapy for stage IV NSCLC: Results from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 8545-8545. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.8545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerNational Cancer DatabaseStage IV non-small cell lung cancerStage IV NSCLC patientsSystemic therapyOverall survivalSurgical resectionPatient demographicsNSCLC patientsCancer DatabaseMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsSquamous cell carcinoma patientsPropensity scoreMultivariable logistic regression modelCox proportional hazards modelSuperior overall survivalCell carcinoma patientsCell lung cancerLung cancer treatmentProportional hazards modelLogistic regression modelsLimited nodalTA patientsMetastatic diseaseMultivariable adjustment