1987
Evaluation of circulating malignant cells provides prognostic information in cutaneous T cell lymphoma.
Schechter G, Sausville E, Fischmann A, Soehnlen F, Eddy J, Matthews M, Gazdar A, Guccion J, Munson D, Makuch R. Evaluation of circulating malignant cells provides prognostic information in cutaneous T cell lymphoma. Blood 1987, 69: 841-9. PMID: 3493044, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v69.3.841.bloodjournal693841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaT-cell lymphomaBlood involvementLymphocyte morphologyRisk factorsCell lymphomaCTCL cellsIndependent risk factorExtent of diseasePretreatment risk factorsPeripheral blood lymphocyte morphologyUntreated patientsVisceral diseaseWorse survivalLymph nodesInitial diagnosisT stageAggressive featuresSkin stageCutaneous tumorsSkin plaquesPrognostic informationPatientsMalignant cellsMultivariate analysisCytologic transformation in cutaneous T cell lymphoma: a clinicopathologic entity associated with poor prognosis.
Dmitrovsky E, Matthews M, Bunn P, Schechter G, Makuch R, Winkler C, Eddy J, Sausville E, Ihde D. Cytologic transformation in cutaneous T cell lymphoma: a clinicopathologic entity associated with poor prognosis. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 1987, 5: 208-15. PMID: 3492594, DOI: 10.1200/jco.1987.5.2.208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaT-cell lymphomaCytologic transformationCell lymphomaClinical courseClinicopathologic entityCutaneous T-cell lymphoma patientsTumor cell DNA contentT-cell lymphoma patientsAggressive clinical courseDistinct clinicopathologic entityCell lymphoma patientsPeripheral blood smearMalignant T cellsLarge cell lymphomaConvoluted lymphocytesMedian survivalVisceral sitesLymph nodesOccasional patientMedian timeLymphoma patientsPoor prognosisCell DNA contentT cells
1985
Histologic assessment of lymph nodes in mycosis fungoides/sézary syndrome (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma): Clinical correlations and prognostic import of a new classification system
Sausville E, Worsham G, Matthews M, Makuch R, Fischmann A, Schechter G, Gazdar A, Bunn P. Histologic assessment of lymph nodes in mycosis fungoides/sézary syndrome (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma): Clinical correlations and prognostic import of a new classification system. Human Pathology 1985, 16: 1098-1109. PMID: 3876976, DOI: 10.1016/s0046-8177(85)80177-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHumansLymph NodesLymphocytesLymphomaMycosis FungoidesPrognosisSezary SyndromeSkin NeoplasmsT-LymphocytesConceptsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaLymph node biopsy specimensFive-year survivalLymph node architectureLymph nodesAtypical cellsHistopathologic featuresBiopsy specimensMycosis fungoides/Sézary syndromeLymph node biopsyAtypical lymphoid cellsT-cell lymphomaExtent of skinT-cell regionsLN subgroupAtypical lymphocytesNode biopsySézary syndromeVisceral involvementMycosis fungoidesInitial diagnosisParacortical zonePrognostic valueLN classHistopathologic classification
1981
Adjuvant Immunotherapy or Chemotherapy for Malignant Melanoma: Preliminary Report of the National Cancer Institute Randomized Clinical Trial
Fisher R, Terry W, Hodes R, Rosenberg S, Makuch R, Gordon H, Fisher S. Adjuvant Immunotherapy or Chemotherapy for Malignant Melanoma: Preliminary Report of the National Cancer Institute Randomized Clinical Trial. Surgical Clinics Of North America 1981, 61: 1267-1277. PMID: 7031934, DOI: 10.1016/s0039-6109(16)42582-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBacille Calmette-GuerinDisease-free intervalAdjuvant immunotherapyClinical trialsMalignant melanomaStage I malignant melanomaStage II melanomaSurvival of patientsNational Cancer InstituteOverall survivalPostsurgical patientsMethyl-CCNUCalmette-GuerinCancer InstituteMelanoma cellsMelanomaFurther treatmentPreliminary reportImmunotherapyChemotherapyPatientsTrialsSurvivalSignificant improvement