2024
Prevalence of Dietary Modification and Supplement Use in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Receiving Systemic Therapy
Ebrahimi H, Battle D, Salgia N, Zengin Z, Dizman N, Meza L, Bergerot C, Barragan-Carrillo R, Hsu J, Castro D, Mercier B, Chawla N, Li X, Tripathi A, Liu S, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Vaishampayan U, Staehler M, Pal S. Prevalence of Dietary Modification and Supplement Use in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Receiving Systemic Therapy. Nutrients 2024, 16: 1630. PMID: 38892563, PMCID: PMC11174627, DOI: 10.3390/nu16111630.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaDietary modificationSupplement useDiagnosis of renal cell carcinomaFirst-line treatmentSupplement usageSystemic therapyCombination therapyAntineoplastic therapyKetogenic dietCarcinomaCancer therapyMediterranean dietPhysician-patient dialoguePatientsTherapyCancer treatmentGrowing body of evidenceBody of evidenceDietary changesCancerCancer diagnosisCannabidiol
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 groupsDifferencesProfilingChanges in Perception of Cure Among Patients With Genitourinary Cancers Initiating Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Longitudinal Study
Bergerot C, Philip E, Govindarajan A, Castro D, Malhotra J, Bergerot P, Salgia S, Salgia M, Salgia N, Hsu J, Meza L, Zengin Z, Liu S, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Tripathi A, Dorff T, Pal S. Changes in Perception of Cure Among Patients With Genitourinary Cancers Initiating Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Longitudinal Study. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 2023, 21: 626-630.e3. PMID: 37391301, PMCID: PMC11225089, DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2023.05.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerception of cureExpectation of cureGenitourinary cancersImmune checkpoint inhibitor therapyCheckpoint inhibitor therapyImmune checkpoint inhibitorsProportion of patientsSevere side effectsLongitudinal studyChi-square testICI therapyCheckpoint inhibitorsInhibitor therapyECOG scoreGeneral linear modelingPatients' perceptionsMetastatic cancerPatientsSide effectsDecreased anxietyTherapyCancerCureLower ratesAnxiety ScalePerceptions of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Genitourinary Cancers: A Survey Study
Castro D, Zengin Z, Malhotra J, Bergerot C, Meza L, Dizman N, Govindarajan A, Hsu J, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Chawla N, Mercier B, Chen S, Feng M, Prajapati S, Lee K, Philip E, Dorff T, Lyou Y, Pal S. Perceptions of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Genitourinary Cancers: A Survey Study. Cancer Investigation 2023, 41: 70-76. PMID: 36239609, DOI: 10.1080/07357907.2022.2136683.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 testsGPsChanges in perception of immunotherapy over time among patients with advanced genitourinary cancers.
Malhotra J, Philip E, Govindarajan A, Meza L, Zengin Z, Salgia S, Muddasani R, Chawla N, Castro D, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Dizman N, Bergerot P, Hsu J, Dorff T, Pal S, Bergerot C. Changes in perception of immunotherapy over time among patients with advanced genitourinary cancers. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 328-328. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.6_suppl.328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced genitourinary cancersGenitourinary cancersExpectation of cureQuality of lifeSide effectsMetastatic genitourinary cancerProportion of patientsStart of therapyMajority of patientsMonths of treatmentRenal cell carcinomaSevere side effectsLongitudinal studyMedian ageClinical outcomesImmunotherapy treatmentCell carcinomaPatients' perceptionsImmunotherapyPatientsGreater efficacyTumor progressionCancerCancer treatmentTime points
2021
1564MO Characterization of COVID-19 vaccination response by antibody (Ab) titer and T-cell receptor (TCR) sequencing in patients (pts) with advanced genitourinary (GU) cancers
Salgia S, Malhotra J, Zengin Z, Meza L, Ely J, Hsu J, Kelley E, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Govindarajan A, Muddasani R, Salgia N, Dizman N, Chawla N, Dorff T, Lyou Y, Karczewska E, Trent J, Salgia R, Altin J, Pal S. 1564MO Characterization of COVID-19 vaccination response by antibody (Ab) titer and T-cell receptor (TCR) sequencing in patients (pts) with advanced genitourinary (GU) cancers. Annals Of Oncology 2021, 32: s1132. PMCID: PMC8454399, DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1557.Peer-Reviewed Original Research1759MO Associations between sarcopenia and gut microbiota in patients (pts) with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) and breast cancer (BC)
Zengin Z, Malhotra J, Salgia S, Dizman N, Yost S, Chawla N, Govindarajan A, Hsu J, Salgia N, Bergerot P, Meza L, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Muddasani R, Gillece J, Yuan Y, Highlander S, Pal S. 1759MO Associations between sarcopenia and gut microbiota in patients (pts) with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) and breast cancer (BC). Annals Of Oncology 2021, 32: s1211. DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1704.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLearning 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