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 correction
2023
Racial and ethnic differences in perceptions of germline or somatic DNA sequencing among patients with advanced prostate, urothelial, or kidney cancer
Bergerot C, Philip E, Malhotra J, Bergerot P, Castro D, Govindarajan A, Salgia S, Salgia M, Salgia N, Hsu J, Meza L, Zengin Z, Liu S, Chehrazi‐Raffle A, Tripathi A, Dorff T, Pal S. Racial and ethnic differences in perceptions of germline or somatic DNA sequencing among patients with advanced prostate, urothelial, or kidney cancer. Journal Of Genetic Counseling 2023, 33: 911-915. PMID: 37697864, DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1786.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenomic profilingKidney cancerEthnic differencesType of treatmentChi-square testGermline testingAdvanced prostateConsecutive patientsMost patientsWhite patientsMean ageSomatic testingPatients' perceptionsTreatment responsePatient decisionPatientsCancerSignificant differencesDNA sequencingProstateDescriptive statisticsEthnic groupsDifferencesProfilingSpectrum and implications of activating BRAF alterations in advanced prostate cancer (aPC).
Chehrazi-Raffle A, Tukachinsky H, Schrock A, Hwang J, Zengin Z, Meza L, Chawla N, Ebrahimi H, Govindarajan A, Castro D, Rock A, Tripathi A, Dorff T, Pal S, Oxnard G, Agarwal N, Antonarakis E. Spectrum and implications of activating BRAF alterations in advanced prostate cancer (aPC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 220-220. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.6_suppl.220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced prostate cancerComprehensive genomic profilingGenomic alterationsBRAF alterationsTissue biopsiesCancer typesFurther clinical investigationTMPRSS2-ERG fusionFoundationOne CDxMedian ageCommon genomic alterationsAPC patientsProstate cancerMolecular subtypesClinical investigationHigh incidenceActionable targetsBRAF rearrangementsCancer-related genesHotspot missense mutationsGenomic profilingBRAFCDK12 mutationsGenetic activationBiopsy
2022
Characteristics associated with common reasons to pursue genomic profiling among patients with metastatic genitourinary cancers.
Malhotra J, Philip E, Govindarajan A, Salgia S, Meza L, Zengin Z, Muddasani R, Chawla N, Castro D, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Dizman N, Bergerot P, Hsu J, Dorff T, Pal S, Bergerot C. Characteristics associated with common reasons to pursue genomic profiling among patients with metastatic genitourinary cancers. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 327-327. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.6_suppl.327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysician indicationGenitourinary cancersTreatment responseCommon reasonAdvanced genitourinary cancersMetastatic genitourinary cancerGenomic profiling testsCross-sectional studyEffective provider communicationChart reviewOlder patientsPatient characteristicsYounger patientsClinicopathologic characteristicsPatients' perceptionsProvider communicationPatient responsePatientsOlder ageGenomic profilingLow levelsCancerImportant associationProfiling testsGPs
2021
Complementary Role of Circulating Tumor DNA Assessment and Tissue Genomic Profiling in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Zengin ZB, Weipert C, Salgia NJ, Dizman N, Hsu J, Meza L, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Muddasani R, Salgia S, Malhotra J, Chawla N, Philip EJ, Kiedrowski L, Maughan BL, Rathi N, Goel D, Choueiri TK, Agarwal N, Pal SK. Complementary Role of Circulating Tumor DNA Assessment and Tissue Genomic Profiling in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research 2021, 27: 4807-4813. PMID: 34130999, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-0572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaCell-free tumor DNARenal cell carcinomaGenomic profilingCell carcinomaTissue-based testingTumor DNA (ctDNA) assessmentClinical Laboratory Improvement AmendmentsActionable alterationsCtDNA profilingCtDNA assessmentPatientsTumor DNAUnique alterationsAlteration frequencyCarcinomaDNA assessmentBloodGreater temporal separationTissueAlterationsConcordancePrevious findingsMutationsConcordance analysis