2023
Case report: Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma presenting seven years after loco-regional disease resection of primary tumor with interval in-transit and nodal metastases
Rusheen J, Clune J, Ariyan S, Baumann R, Kluger H, Olino K, Weiss S. Case report: Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma presenting seven years after loco-regional disease resection of primary tumor with interval in-transit and nodal metastases. Frontiers In Oncology 2023, 13: 1217816. PMID: 37476373, PMCID: PMC10354444, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1217816.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesMerkel cell carcinomaDuration of surveillanceLate recurrenceCell carcinomaMetastatic Merkel cell carcinomaPrimary Merkel cell carcinomaMetastases 15 monthsSuch late recurrencesPredictors of recurrenceNodal recurrenceDefinitive therapyFirst recurrenceDisease resectionNodal metastasisPhysical examinationRare tumorPrimary diagnosisPrimary tumorRisk factorsHigh riskNational guidelinesRecurrenceOptimal durationPatientsCarcinoma
2020
Survival after checkpoint inhibitors for metastatic acral, mucosal and uveal melanoma
Klemen ND, Wang M, Rubinstein JC, Olino K, Clune J, Ariyan S, Cha C, Weiss SA, Kluger HM, Sznol M. Survival after checkpoint inhibitors for metastatic acral, mucosal and uveal melanoma. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2020, 8: e000341. PMID: 32209601, PMCID: PMC7103823, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2019-000341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCheckpoint inhibitorsOverall survivalMetastatic melanomaPrimary tumorLocal therapyCutaneous melanomaAnti-PD-1 antibodyAggressive multidisciplinary approachCutaneous primary tumorPrimary tumor histologyMedian overall survivalSingle institutional experienceRare melanoma subtypeMedian OSMetastatic diseaseProgressive diseaseAcral skinComplete responsePD-1PD-L1Uveal tractTumor histologyCombination therapyCTLA-4Longer survival
2017
Targeting EZH2 in acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM).
Izsak A, Giles K, Lui K, Weiss S, Moran U, Vega-Saenz de Miera E, Stein J, Lee A, Darvishian F, Shapiro R, Berman R, Pavlick A, Wilson M, Osman I. Targeting EZH2 in acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 9534-9534. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.9534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcral lentiginous melanomaCM cell linesCutaneous melanomaALM casesCell linesMetastatic progressionEZH2 expressionMetastatic acral lentiginous melanomaEZH2 inhibitionEZH2 inhibitorsEffects of GSK126Mean IHC scoreColony formationEZH2 protein expressionClinicopathological dataPrimary tumorLentiginous melanomaMetastatic tumorsClinical trialsHistone methyltransferase EZH2Treatment outcomesIHC scoreLow dosesTherapeutic potentialTumorsPrimary melanoma histologic subtype (HS) impacts melanoma specific survival (MSS) and response to systemic therapy.
Lattanzi M, Lee Y, Robinson E, Weiss S, Moran U, Simpson D, Shapiro R, Berman R, Pavlick A, Wilson M, Kirchhoff T, Zhong J, Osman I. Primary melanoma histologic subtype (HS) impacts melanoma specific survival (MSS) and response to systemic therapy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 9577-9577. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.9577.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMelanoma-specific survivalWorse melanoma-specific survivalHistologic subtypeNodular melanomaNYU cohortSEER cohortMetastatic settingSystemic therapyPrimary histologic subtypeCheckpoint inhibitor immunotherapyMultivariate Cox modelThick primary tumorsDifferent clinical behaviorPrimary nodular melanomaNext-generation sequencingSignificant predictorsClinical Trial ReportingLow mutational burdenMutational landscapeHigh mitotic indexSpecific survivalWorse prognosisClinical behaviorPrimary tumorMelanoma survival