2024
Clinical and molecular characterization of urothelial (UC) vs. small cell carcinoma (SCC) of the urinary tract.
Chawla N, Mercier B, Govindarajan A, Li X, Castro D, Ebrahimi H, Barragan-Carrillo R, Zang P, LeVee A, Dizman N, Hsu J, Meza L, Zengin Z, Salgia N, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Dorff T, Pal S, Tripathi A. Clinical and molecular characterization of urothelial (UC) vs. small cell carcinoma (SCC) of the urinary tract. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 682-682. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.4_suppl.682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall cell carcinomaFeatures of small cell carcinomaGenome sequencePrevalence of genomic alterationsSmall cell carcinoma patientsSmall cell carcinoma groupFrequency of CDKN2APrevalence of TP53Fisher's exact testTumor gradeCell carcinomaPathological variablesUse of bloodUrinary tractBladder cancerExact testGenomic alterationsProportion Z testGenomic profilingGenomic featuresPathological featuresTherapeutic strategiesGenomic datasetsGenomic characteristicsBonferroni correctionTargeting STAT3 in tumor-associated antigen-presenting cells as a strategy for kidney and bladder cancer immunotherapy
Alcantara M, Tang W, Wang D, Kaniowski D, Kang E, Dizman N, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Meza L, Zengin Z, Hall J, Hsu J, Egelston C, Moreira D, Horsager A, Pal S, Kortylewski M. Targeting STAT3 in tumor-associated antigen-presenting cells as a strategy for kidney and bladder cancer immunotherapy. Frontiers In Immunology 2024, 14: 1274781. PMID: 38259453, PMCID: PMC10800835, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1274781.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune checkpoint blockadeDendritic cellsCancer patientsBladder cancerT cellsTumor-associated antigen-presenting cellsTherapeutic efficacyLesser extent IL-10T cell-based immunotherapyImmune checkpoint inhibitorsTumor immune evasionAntitumor immune responseCD8 T cellsRegulatory T cellsBladder cancer immunotherapyCell-based immunotherapyAntigen-presenting cellsSTAT3 activationRenal cancer patientsBladder cancer patientsImmune cell activityMyeloid immune cellsICB resistanceIpilimumab immunotherapyCheckpoint inhibitors
2022
Waning efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination at six months in patients (pts) with genitourinary malignancies.
Zengin Z, Meza L, Malhotra J, Salgia S, Ely J, Hsu J, Kelley E, Mead H, Dizman N, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Govindarajan A, Muddasani R, Chawla N, Dorff T, Lyou Y, Karczewska E, Trent J, Salgia R, Altin J, Pal S. Waning efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination at six months in patients (pts) with genitourinary malignancies. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 185-185. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.6_suppl.185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 vaccinationBlood samplesSystemic treatmentAntibody titersGenitourinary malignanciesSubset of ptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsBaseline blood samplesLong-term efficacyAdditional blood samplesCOVID-19 vaccineSARS-CoV-2Short-term effectivenessCancer ptsSerologic outcomeCheckpoint inhibitorsGenitourinary cancersMedian ageTherapy cyclesBladder cancerTCR sequencingIgG ELISACoV-2Host immunityVaccinationAssociation between TERT promoter mutations and clinical outcome with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for advanced urothelial cancer.
Chawla N, Tripathi N, Sayegh N, Govindarajan A, Dizman N, Zengin Z, Meza L, Muddasani R, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Salgia S, Malhotra J, Hsu J, Philip E, Bergerot C, Lyou Y, Swami U, Gupta S, Maughan B, Agarwal N, Pal S. Association between TERT promoter mutations and clinical outcome with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for advanced urothelial cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 561-561. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.6_suppl.561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProgression-free survivalObjective response rateImmune checkpoint inhibitorsICI therapyOverall survivalTERT promoter mutationsBladder cancerFirst-line ICI therapyImmune checkpoint inhibitor therapyAdvanced urothelial cancerSubsequent-line therapyUpper tract diseaseCheckpoint inhibitor therapySuperior overall survivalMetastatic bladder cancerMuscle-invasive diseaseTertiary cancer centerRoutine clinical careCancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databaseLarge independent cohortsPromoter mutationsTERT mutation statusCheckpoint inhibitorsMetastatic settingVariant histology
2021
Learning from BISCAY: The future of biomarker-based trial design in bladder cancer
Meza L, Salgia N, Patel K, Pal S. Learning from BISCAY: The future of biomarker-based trial design in bladder cancer. Cancer Cell 2021, 39: 910-912. PMID: 34256907, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2021.06.011.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersBiomarker approach harnessed in trials of personalized medicine for bladder cancer
Dizman N, Meza L, Pal SK. Biomarker approach harnessed in trials of personalized medicine for bladder cancer. Nature Medicine 2021, 27: 761-763. PMID: 33941920, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01300-1.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters