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Neal Edward Ready

Neal Edward Ready

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Medical Oncology
neal.ready@duke.edu
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International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Study of Reproducibility in Assessment of Pathologic Response in Resected Lung Cancers After Neoadjuvant Therapy.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · October 2023 INTRODUCTION: Pathologic response has been proposed as an early clinical trial end point of survival after neoadjuvant treatment in clinical trials of NSCLC. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) published recommendations for p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Combination IFNβ and Membrane-Stable CD40L Maximize Tumor Dendritic Cell Activation and Lymph Node Trafficking to Elicit Systemic T-cell Immunity.

Journal Article Cancer Immunol Res · April 3, 2023 Oncolytic virus therapies induce the direct killing of tumor cells and activation of conventional dendritic cells (cDC); however, cDC activation has not been optimized with current therapies. We evaluated the adenoviral delivery of engineered membrane-stab ... Full text Link to item Cite

A single-arm, multicenter, phase II trial of osimertinib in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor exon 18 G719X, exon 20 S768I, or exon 21 L861Q mutations.

Journal Article ESMO Open · April 2023 BACKGROUND: For patients with stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions and exon 21 L858R mutations, osimertinib is the standard of care. Investigating the activity and safety of osimertinib in patie ... Full text Link to item Cite

Long-term survival with first-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a pooled analysis.

Journal Article Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology · February 2023 BackgroundFirst-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab prolongs survival versus chemotherapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We further characterized clinical benefit with this regimen in a large pooled patient population and assessed the ... Full text Cite

First-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, including patients with ECOG performance status 2 and other special populations: CheckMate 817.

Journal Article J Immunother Cancer · February 2023 BACKGROUND: CheckMate 817, a phase 3B study, evaluated flat-dose nivolumab plus weight-based ipilimumab in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Here, in this research, we report on first-line treatment in patients with Eastern Coope ... Full text Link to item Cite

Safety of First-Line Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Patients With Metastatic NSCLC: A Pooled Analysis of CheckMate 227, CheckMate 568, and CheckMate 817.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · January 2023 INTRODUCTION: We characterized the safety of first-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab (NIVO+IPI) in a large patient population with metastatic NSCLC and efficacy outcomes after NIVO+IPI discontinuation owing to treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs). METHODS ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patient-Reported Distress and Clinical Outcomes with Immuno-Oncology Agents in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (mNSCLC): A Real-World Retrospective Cohort Study.

Journal Article Lung Cancer · January 2023 OBJECTIVES: There are limited real-world data about patient-reported outcomes with immunotherapies (IO) in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC). We describe patient-reported distress and clinical outcomes with IO-based treatments or cytotoxic che ... Full text Link to item Cite

Challenges associated with the integration of immuno-oncology agents in clinical practice.

Journal Article BMC Med Educ · November 12, 2022 BACKGROUND: The availability of new immuno-oncology therapeutics markedly impacts oncology clinicians' treatment decision-making. To effectively support healthcare professionals (HCPs) in their practice, it is important to better understand the challenges ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Combination Nivolumab, Ipilimumab, and Paclitaxel in Patients With Untreated Metastatic NSCLC: The OPTIMAL Trial.

Journal Article JTO Clin Res Rep · June 2022 INTRODUCTION: Most patients with advanced NSCLC will experience disease progression and death within 2 years. Novel approaches are needed to improve outcomes. METHODS: We conducted an open-label, nonrandomized, phase 2 trial in patients with treatment-naiv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perioperative outcomes of pulmonary resection after neoadjuvant pembrolizumab in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · February 2022 OBJECTIVES: Pembrolizumab is a programmed death receptor-1 masking antibody approved for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. This Phase 2 study (NCT02818920) of neoadjuvant pembrolizumab in non-small cell lung cancer had a primary end point of safety an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictive Value of Combining Biomarkers for Clinical Outcomes in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.

Journal Article Clin Lung Cancer · November 2021 INTRODUCTION: A high tumor mutational burden (TMB) (≥10 mut/Mb) has been associated with improved clinical benefit in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and is a tumor agnostic indication for pembrolizumab ac ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase 1-2 Study of Rovalpituzumab Tesirine in Combination With Nivolumab Plus or Minus Ipilimumab in Patients With Previously Treated Extensive-Stage SCLC.

Conference J Thorac Oncol · September 2021 INTRODUCTION: This open-label, phase 1-2 study evaluated the safety and efficacy of rovalpituzumab tesirine (Rova-T), an antibody-drug conjugate targeting DLL3, plus immune checkpoint inhibitors nivolumab plus or minus ipilimumab in previously treated exte ... Full text Link to item Cite

What's next for immunotherapy in locally advanced NSCLC?

Journal Article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · May 2021 Link to item Cite

Nivolumab and Ipilimumab as Maintenance Therapy in Extensive-Disease Small-Cell Lung Cancer: CheckMate 451.

Journal Article Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · April 2021 PurposeIn extensive-disease small-cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC), response rates to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy are robust, but responses lack durability. CheckMate 451, a double-blind phase III trial, evaluated nivolumab plus ipilimumab an ... Full text Cite

Five-Year Outcomes From the Randomized, Phase III Trials CheckMate 017 and 057: Nivolumab Versus Docetaxel in Previously Treated Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · March 1, 2021 PURPOSE: Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In two phase III trials (CheckMate 017 and CheckMate 057), nivolumab showed an improvement in overall survival (OS) and favorable safety versus docetaxe ... Full text Link to item Cite

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Study of Reproducibility in Assessment of Pathologic Response in Resected Lung Cancers After Neoadjuvant Therapy.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · October 2023 INTRODUCTION: Pathologic response has been proposed as an early clinical trial end point of survival after neoadjuvant treatment in clinical trials of NSCLC. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) published recommendations for p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Combination IFNβ and Membrane-Stable CD40L Maximize Tumor Dendritic Cell Activation and Lymph Node Trafficking to Elicit Systemic T-cell Immunity.

Journal Article Cancer Immunol Res · April 3, 2023 Oncolytic virus therapies induce the direct killing of tumor cells and activation of conventional dendritic cells (cDC); however, cDC activation has not been optimized with current therapies. We evaluated the adenoviral delivery of engineered membrane-stab ... Full text Link to item Cite

A single-arm, multicenter, phase II trial of osimertinib in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor exon 18 G719X, exon 20 S768I, or exon 21 L861Q mutations.

Journal Article ESMO Open · April 2023 BACKGROUND: For patients with stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions and exon 21 L858R mutations, osimertinib is the standard of care. Investigating the activity and safety of osimertinib in patie ... Full text Link to item Cite

Long-term survival with first-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a pooled analysis.

Journal Article Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology · February 2023 BackgroundFirst-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab prolongs survival versus chemotherapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We further characterized clinical benefit with this regimen in a large pooled patient population and assessed the ... Full text Cite

First-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, including patients with ECOG performance status 2 and other special populations: CheckMate 817.

Journal Article J Immunother Cancer · February 2023 BACKGROUND: CheckMate 817, a phase 3B study, evaluated flat-dose nivolumab plus weight-based ipilimumab in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Here, in this research, we report on first-line treatment in patients with Eastern Coope ... Full text Link to item Cite

Safety of First-Line Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Patients With Metastatic NSCLC: A Pooled Analysis of CheckMate 227, CheckMate 568, and CheckMate 817.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · January 2023 INTRODUCTION: We characterized the safety of first-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab (NIVO+IPI) in a large patient population with metastatic NSCLC and efficacy outcomes after NIVO+IPI discontinuation owing to treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs). METHODS ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patient-Reported Distress and Clinical Outcomes with Immuno-Oncology Agents in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (mNSCLC): A Real-World Retrospective Cohort Study.

Journal Article Lung Cancer · January 2023 OBJECTIVES: There are limited real-world data about patient-reported outcomes with immunotherapies (IO) in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC). We describe patient-reported distress and clinical outcomes with IO-based treatments or cytotoxic che ... Full text Link to item Cite

Challenges associated with the integration of immuno-oncology agents in clinical practice.

Journal Article BMC Med Educ · November 12, 2022 BACKGROUND: The availability of new immuno-oncology therapeutics markedly impacts oncology clinicians' treatment decision-making. To effectively support healthcare professionals (HCPs) in their practice, it is important to better understand the challenges ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Combination Nivolumab, Ipilimumab, and Paclitaxel in Patients With Untreated Metastatic NSCLC: The OPTIMAL Trial.

Journal Article JTO Clin Res Rep · June 2022 INTRODUCTION: Most patients with advanced NSCLC will experience disease progression and death within 2 years. Novel approaches are needed to improve outcomes. METHODS: We conducted an open-label, nonrandomized, phase 2 trial in patients with treatment-naiv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perioperative outcomes of pulmonary resection after neoadjuvant pembrolizumab in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · February 2022 OBJECTIVES: Pembrolizumab is a programmed death receptor-1 masking antibody approved for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. This Phase 2 study (NCT02818920) of neoadjuvant pembrolizumab in non-small cell lung cancer had a primary end point of safety an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictive Value of Combining Biomarkers for Clinical Outcomes in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.

Journal Article Clin Lung Cancer · November 2021 INTRODUCTION: A high tumor mutational burden (TMB) (≥10 mut/Mb) has been associated with improved clinical benefit in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and is a tumor agnostic indication for pembrolizumab ac ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase 1-2 Study of Rovalpituzumab Tesirine in Combination With Nivolumab Plus or Minus Ipilimumab in Patients With Previously Treated Extensive-Stage SCLC.

Conference J Thorac Oncol · September 2021 INTRODUCTION: This open-label, phase 1-2 study evaluated the safety and efficacy of rovalpituzumab tesirine (Rova-T), an antibody-drug conjugate targeting DLL3, plus immune checkpoint inhibitors nivolumab plus or minus ipilimumab in previously treated exte ... Full text Link to item Cite

What's next for immunotherapy in locally advanced NSCLC?

Journal Article Clin Adv Hematol Oncol · May 2021 Link to item Cite

Nivolumab and Ipilimumab as Maintenance Therapy in Extensive-Disease Small-Cell Lung Cancer: CheckMate 451.

Journal Article Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · April 2021 PurposeIn extensive-disease small-cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC), response rates to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy are robust, but responses lack durability. CheckMate 451, a double-blind phase III trial, evaluated nivolumab plus ipilimumab an ... Full text Cite

Five-Year Outcomes From the Randomized, Phase III Trials CheckMate 017 and 057: Nivolumab Versus Docetaxel in Previously Treated Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · March 1, 2021 PURPOSE: Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In two phase III trials (CheckMate 017 and CheckMate 057), nivolumab showed an improvement in overall survival (OS) and favorable safety versus docetaxe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Targeting MET Amplification with Crizotinib in a Case of Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma.

Journal Article Cancer Invest · March 2021 Comprehensive molecular testing of individual tumors has led to the identification of novel molecularly defined cancer therapies and treatment indications. Given low frequencies of many molecular alterations, efficacy of therapies used to target them are o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Synergy between early-incorporation immunotherapy and extracranial radiotherapy in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article Transl Lung Cancer Res · January 2021 BACKGROUND: Combining radiotherapy (RT) and immunotherapy (IT) may enhance outcomes for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC). However, data on the immunomodulatory effects of extracranial RT remains limited. This retrospective database analysis e ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase I study of AT-101, a BH3 mimetic, in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin in solid tumors.

Journal Article Invest New Drugs · June 2020 Background AT-101 is a BH3 mimetic that inhibits the heterodimerization of Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, Bcl-W, and Mcl-1 with pro-apoptotic proteins, thereby lowering the threshold for apoptosis. This phase I trial investigated the MTD of AT-101 in combination with pacl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Definitive Radiotherapy for Inoperable Stage IIB Non-small-cell Lung Cancer: Patterns of Care and Comparative Effectiveness.

Journal Article Clin Lung Cancer · May 2020 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to analyze practice patterns and perform comparative effectiveness of definitive radiotherapy techniques for inoperable stage IIB (American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition) non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCL ... Full text Link to item Cite

The immunotherapeutic landscape in non-small cell lung cancer and its surgical horizons.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · April 2020 Lung cancer continues to be a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Despite tremendous advances in surgical technique, chemotherapy regimens, radiation, and targeted therapies, survival is <50% at 5 years. Immunotherapy, specifically immune chec ... Full text Link to item Cite

New Approaches to SCLC Therapy: From the Laboratory to the Clinic.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · April 2020 The outcomes of patients with SCLC have not yet been substantially impacted by the revolution in precision oncology, primarily owing to a paucity of genetic alterations in actionable driver oncogenes. Nevertheless, systemic therapies that include immunothe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nivolumab Monotherapy and Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Recurrent Small Cell Lung Cancer: Results From the CheckMate 032 Randomized Cohort.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · March 2020 INTRODUCTION: Nivolumab monotherapy is approved in the United States for third-line or later metastatic small cell lung cancer based on pooled data from nonrandomized and randomized cohorts of the multicenter, open-label, phase 1/2 trial of nivolumab ± ipi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy and Safety of Rovalpituzumab Tesirine in Third-Line and Beyond Patients with DLL3-Expressing, Relapsed/Refractory Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Results From the Phase II TRINITY Study.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · December 1, 2019 PURPOSE: Although extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is highly responsive to first-line therapy, virtually all patients develop resistance with short survival. Rovalpituzumab tesirine (Rova-T) is an antibody-drug conjugate targeting delta-like 3 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Therapeutic outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer with BRAF mutations: a single institution, retrospective cohort study.

Journal Article Transl Lung Cancer Res · June 2019 BACKGROUND: Data describing therapeutic outcomes in patients with non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) with BRAF mutations remains limited. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 31 patients with metastatic NSCLC treated at Duke University Ho ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

First-Line Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (CheckMate 568): Outcomes by Programmed Death Ligand 1 and Tumor Mutational Burden as Biomarkers.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · April 20, 2019 PURPOSE: CheckMate 568 is an open-label phase II trial that evaluated the efficacy and safety of nivolumab plus low-dose ipilimumab as first-line treatment of advanced/metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We assessed the association of efficacy w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Safety and Efficacy of Durvalumab With or Without Tremelimumab in Patients With PD-L1-Low/Negative Recurrent or Metastatic HNSCC: The Phase 2 CONDOR Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal Article JAMA Oncol · February 1, 2019 IMPORTANCE: Dual blockade of programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) may overcome immune checkpoint inhibition. It is unknown whether dual blockade can potentiate antitumor activity without compromising sa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Role of induction chemotherapy in sinonasal malignancies: a systematic review.

Journal Article Int Forum Allergy Rhinol · February 2019 BACKGROUND: Cancers of the paranasal sinuses are rare tumors that tend to be aggressive and usually are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Despite being rare, these tumors include a wide spectrum of histological subtypes with different biological behaviors. C ... Full text Link to item Cite

Third-Line Nivolumab Monotherapy in Recurrent SCLC: CheckMate 032.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · February 2019 INTRODUCTION: For patients with recurrent SCLC, topotecan remains the only approved second-line treatment, and the outcomes are poor. CheckMate 032 is a phase 1/2, multicenter, open-label study of nivolumab or nivolumab plus ipilimumab in SCLC or other adv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Durvalumab for recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Results from a single-arm, phase II study in patients with ≥25% tumour cell PD-L1 expression who have progressed on platinum-based chemotherapy.

Journal Article Eur J Cancer · January 2019 BACKGROUND: Patients with recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC) progressing on platinum-based chemotherapy have poor prognoses and limited therapeutic options. Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and its ligand 1 (PD-L1) are fre ... Full text Link to item Cite

Long-term survival follow-up of atezolizumab in combination with platinum-based doublet chemotherapy in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

Journal Article Eur J Cancer · September 2018 BACKGROUND: Before the availability of immunotherapy, chemotherapy was standard first-line therapy for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) lacking actionable gene alterations. Preclinical evidence suggests chemotherapy is immunomodulatory, supporting chemot ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nivolumab versus docetaxel in previously treated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (CheckMate 017 and CheckMate 057): 3-year update and outcomes in patients with liver metastases.

Journal Article Ann Oncol · April 1, 2018 BACKGROUND: Long-term data with immune checkpoint inhibitors in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are limited. Two phase III trials demonstrated improved overall survival (OS) and a favorable safety profile with the anti-programmed death-1 antibody nivolu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Surgical Outcomes After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Ipilimumab for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · March 2018 BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and feasibility of using neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus ipilimumab followed by surgery as a treatment strategy for stage II-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. METHODS: From 2013 to 2017, posto ... Full text Link to item Cite

Immune Activation in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Plus Ipilimumab.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · December 15, 2017 Purpose: To determine the immunologic effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus ipilimumab in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.Experimental Design: This is a single-arm chemotherapy plus phased ipilimumab phase II study of 24 treatmen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nivolumab Versus Docetaxel in Previously Treated Patients With Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Two-Year Outcomes From Two Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Trials (CheckMate 017 and CheckMate 057).

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · December 10, 2017 Purpose Nivolumab, a programmed death-1 inhibitor, prolonged overall survival compared with docetaxel in two independent phase III studies in previously treated patients with advanced squamous (CheckMate 017; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01642004) or ... Full text Link to item Cite

Long-Term Survival after Complete Surgical Resection and Adjuvant Immunotherapy for Distant Melanoma Metastases.

Journal Article Ann Surg Oncol · December 2017 BACKGROUND: This phase III study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of an allogeneic whole-cell vaccine (Canvaxin™) plus bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) after complete resection of stage IV melanoma. METHODS: After complete resection of ≤5 distant meta ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data on Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Stage III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in Elderly Patients Compared With Younger Patients Who Participated in US National Cancer Institute Cooperative Group Studies.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · September 1, 2017 Purpose Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is standard treatment for patients with stage III non-small-cell lung cancer. Elderly patients may experience increased rates of adverse events (AEs) or less benefit from concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Patients and Metho ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patterns of Failure After Surgery for Non-Small-cell Lung Cancer Invading the Chest Wall.

Journal Article Clin Lung Cancer · July 2017 INTRODUCTION: The patterns of failure after resection of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) invading the chest wall are not well documented, and the role of adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) is unclear, prompting the present analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

First-Line Nivolumab in Stage IV or Recurrent Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal Article N Engl J Med · June 22, 2017 BACKGROUND: Nivolumab has been associated with longer overall survival than docetaxel among patients with previously treated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In an open-label phase 3 trial, we compared first-line nivolumab with chemotherapy in patients ... Full text Link to item Cite

Atezolizumab (atezo) plus platinum-based chemotherapy (chemo) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Update from a phase Ib study.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2017 9092 Background: Platinum-based chemo is a standard first-line (1L) therapy for NSCLC lacking actionable gene alterations. Preclinical evidence suggests that chemo can play an immunomodulatory role and induce tumor antigen releas ... Full text Cite

Nivolumab (N) plus ipilimumab (I) as first-line (1L) treatment for advanced (adv) NSCLC: 2-yr OS and long-term outcomes from CheckMate 012.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2017 9093 Background: The fully human anti–PD-1 antibody N offers long-term OS benefit in patients (pts) with previously treated adv NSCLC. Adding I (anti–CTLA-4 antibody) to N has been shown to improve clinical activity vs either age ... Full text Cite

Susceptibility loci of CNOT6 in the general mRNA degradation pathway and lung cancer risk-A re-analysis of eight GWASs.

Journal Article Mol Carcinog · April 2017 PURPOSE: mRNA degradation is an important regulatory step for controlling gene expression and cell functions. Genetic abnormalities involved in mRNA degradation genes were found to be associated with cancer risks. Therefore, we systematically investigated ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase II Study of Dasatinib in Previously Treated Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal Article Cancer Invest · January 2, 2017 The Src pathway in activated in about one-third of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors. Dasatinib has Src-inhibitor activity. We examined the activity of dasatinib in 37 patients with advanced, previously treated NSCLC. Among the 29 patients who unde ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nivolumab plus ipilimumab as first-line treatment for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (CheckMate 012): results of an open-label, phase 1, multicohort study.

Journal Article Lancet Oncol · January 2017 BACKGROUND: Nivolumab has shown improved survival in the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) previously treated with chemotherapy. We assessed the safety and activity of combination nivolumab plus ipilimumab as first-line therapy for N ... Full text Link to item Cite

Rovalpituzumab tesirine, a DLL3-targeted antibody-drug conjugate, in recurrent small-cell lung cancer: a first-in-human, first-in-class, open-label, phase 1 study.

Journal Article Lancet Oncol · January 2017 BACKGROUND: Rovalpituzumab tesirine is a first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate directed against delta-like protein 3 (DLL3), a novel target identified in tumour-initiating cells and expressed in more than 80% of patients with small-cell lung cancer. We ai ... Full text Link to item Cite

Quantifying the Dynamics of Field Cancerization in Tobacco-Related Head and Neck Cancer: A Multiscale Modeling Approach.

Journal Article Cancer Res · December 15, 2016 High rates of local recurrence in tobacco-related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) are commonly attributed to unresected fields of precancerous tissue. Because they are not easily detectable at the time of surgery without additional biopsies, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nivolumab Monotherapy for First-Line Treatment of Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · September 1, 2016 PURPOSE: Nivolumab, a programmed death-1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint inhibitor antibody, has demonstrated improved survival over docetaxel in previously treated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). First-line monotherapy with nivolumab for advanced NS ... Full text Link to item Cite

Toxicity of definitive and post-operative radiation following ipilimumab in non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article Lung Cancer · August 2016 To determine the feasibility and toxicity of radiation therapy, delivered either as definitive treatment or following surgery, following neo-adjuvant immune checkpoint inhibition for locally advanced NSCLC sixteen patients who received neo-adjuvant chemoth ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genetic variants in ABCG1 are associated with survival of nonsmall-cell lung cancer patients.

Journal Article Int J Cancer · June 1, 2016 Cell membrane transporters and metabolic enzymes play a crucial role in the transportation of a wide variety of substrates that maintain homeostasis in biological processes. We explored associations between genetic variants in these genes and survival of n ... Full text Link to item Cite

Positive Interaction between Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation and Maintenance Sunitinib for Untreated Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients After Standard Chemotherapy: A Secondary Analysis of CALGB 30504 (ALLIANCE).

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · March 2016 BACKGROUND: Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) has become a standard option for patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). The Cancer and Leukemia Group B 30504 trial was a randomized phase II study of the effect of sunitinib versu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ascertainment, classification, and impact of neoplasm detection during prolonged treatment with dual antiplatelet therapy with prasugrel vs. clopidogrel following acute coronary syndrome.

Journal Article Eur Heart J · January 21, 2016 AIMS: Studies have suggested increased cancer incidence associated with long-term dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We evaluated cancer incidence and treatment-related differences in an analysis of DAPT for ACS. METHODS AN ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adaptive planning using positron emission tomography for locally advanced lung cancer: A feasibility study.

Journal Article Pract Radiat Oncol · 2016 PURPOSE: To evaluate the feasibility of adaptive planning using positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer recei ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase 1 Dose Escalation Study of Accelerated Radiation Therapy With Concurrent Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · December 1, 2015 PURPOSE: To determine the maximum tolerated dose of radiation therapy (RT) given in an accelerated fashion with concurrent chemotherapy using intensity modulated RT. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Patients with locally advanced lung cancer (non-small cell and smal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Surrogate clinical endpoints to predict overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer trials-are we in a new era?

Journal Article Transl Lung Cancer Res · December 2015 Surrogate endpoints for clinical trials in oncology offer an alternative metric for measuring clinical benefit, allowing for shorter trial duration, smaller patient cohorts, and single arm design. The correlation of surrogate endpoints with overall surviva ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Nonsquamous Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal Article N Engl J Med · October 22, 2015 BACKGROUND: Nivolumab, a fully human IgG4 programmed death 1 (PD-1) immune-checkpoint-inhibitor antibody, disrupts PD-1-mediated signaling and may restore antitumor immunity. METHODS: In this randomized, open-label, international phase 3 study, we assigned ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Squamous-Cell Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal Article N Engl J Med · July 9, 2015 BACKGROUND: Patients with advanced squamous-cell non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have disease progression during or after first-line chemotherapy have limited treatment options. This randomized, open-label, international, phase 3 study evaluated the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Chemotherapy With or Without Maintenance Sunitinib for Untreated Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study-CALGB 30504 (Alliance).

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · May 20, 2015 PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy of maintenance sunitinib after chemotherapy for small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: The Cancer and Leukemia Group B 30504 trial was a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase II study that enrolled patients b ... Full text Link to item Cite

Smoking history predicts for increased risk of second primary lung cancer: a comprehensive analysis.

Journal Article Cancer · February 15, 2015 BACKGROUND: Tobacco use is the most important risk factor for the development of lung cancer. The objective of the current study was to determine the effect of smoking on the development of second primary lung cancers (SPLCs) and other clinical outcomes af ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Phase I/biomarker study of bevacizumab in combination with CNTO 95 in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · February 2015 PURPOSE: Inhibition of tumor angiogenesis is an effective mechanism to limit tumor growth; dual inhibition may result in additional benefit. Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody directed against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and intetumumab is ... Full text Link to item Cite

Accuracy of positron emission tomography in identifying hilar (N1) lymph node involvement in non-small cell lung cancer: Implications for stereotactic body radiation therapy.

Journal Article Pract Radiat Oncol · 2015 PURPOSE: To assess the efficacy of preoperative positron emission tomography (PET) to stage the ipsilateral hilum in resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS AND MATERIALS: All patients who underwent surgery for NSCLC between 1995 and 2008 were ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tumor acquisition for biomarker research in lung cancer.

Journal Article Cancer Invest · July 2014 The biopsy collection data from two lung cancer trials that required fresh tumor samples be obtained for microarray analysis were reviewed. In the trial for advanced disease, microarray data were obtained on 50 patient samples, giving an overall success ra ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prognostic validation of the body mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity (BODE) index in inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · December 2013 INTRODUCTION: To investigate the prognostic utility of the body mass index, severity of airflow obstruction, measures of exertional dyspnea, and exercise capacity (BODE) index in patients with inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS: One hun ... Full text Link to item Cite

Are discordant positron emission tomography and pathological assessments of the mediastinum in non-small cell lung cancer significant?

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · October 2013 OBJECTIVE: Many patients with non-small cell lung cancer have positive mediastinal lymph nodes on preoperative positron emission tomography (PET) but do not have mediastinal involvement after surgery. The prognostic significance of this discordance was ass ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diabetes mellitus: A significant co-morbidity in the setting of lung cancer?

Journal Article Thorac Cancer · May 2013 BACKGROUND: To evaluate the effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) on clinical outcomes in patients managed surgically for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS: Patients who underwent surgery for pathological I-IIIA NSCLC at Duke University from 1995-2005 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article J Natl Compr Canc Netw · January 1, 2013 Neuroendocrine tumors account for approximately 20% of lung cancers; most (≈15%) are small cell lung cancer (SCLC). These NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for SCLC focus on extensive-stage SCLC because it occurs more frequently than limited-st ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization.

Journal Article N Engl J Med · October 4, 2012 BACKGROUND: The effect of intensified platelet inhibition for patients with unstable angina or myocardial infarction without ST-segment elevation who do not undergo revascularization has not been delineated. METHODS: In this double-blind, randomized trial, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lymphovascular invasion in non-small-cell lung cancer: implications for staging and adjuvant therapy.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · July 2012 BACKGROUND: Lymphovascular space invasion (LVI) is an established negative prognostic factor and an indication for postoperative radiation therapy in many malignancies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate LVI in patients with early-stage non-small-ce ... Full text Link to item Cite

A phase I study of bevacizumab, everolimus and panitumumab in advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · July 2012 PURPOSE: Preclinical data suggest concurrent inhibition of VEGF, mTOR and EGFR pathways may augment antitumor and antiangiogenic effects compared to inhibition of each pathway alone. This study evaluated the maximum tolerated dose/recommended phase II dose ... Full text Link to item Cite

Local failure in resected N1 lung cancer: implications for adjuvant therapy.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · June 1, 2012 PURPOSE: To evaluate actuarial rates of local failure in patients with pathologic N1 non-small-cell lung cancer and to identify clinical and pathologic factors associated with an increased risk of local failure after resection. METHODS AND MATERIALS: All p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Stereotactic radiotherapy for malignancies involving the trigeminal and facial nerves.

Journal Article Technol Cancer Res Treat · June 2012 Involvement of a cranial nerve caries a poor prognosis for many malignancies. Recurrent or residual disease in the trigeminal or facial nerve after primary therapy poses a challenge due to the location of the nerve in the skull base, the proximity to the b ... Full text Link to item Cite

Treatment-induced changes in vocal cord mobility and subsequent local recurrence after organ preservation therapy for laryngeal carcinoma.

Journal Article Head Neck · June 2012 BACKGROUND: As multidisciplinary cancer treatment evolves, strategies to identify patients needing early resection/salvage are necessary. Some have suggested that vocal cord function after organ-preservation treatment may be an indicator. METHODS: A retros ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prospective trial of synchronous bevacizumab, erlotinib, and concurrent chemoradiation in locally advanced head and neck cancer.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · March 1, 2012 PURPOSE: We assessed the safety and efficacy of synchronous VEGF and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) blockade with concurrent chemoradiation (CRT) in locally advanced head and neck cancer (HNC). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Newly diagnosed patients with st ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Journal Article Am J Clin Oncol · February 2012 OBJECTIVE: To perform a phase II trial evaluating dose dense induction chemotherapy for locally advanced head and neck cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty-five patients received 6 weekly doses of carboplatin (area under the curve=2) and paclitaxel (135 mg ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cisplatin, irinotecan, and bevacizumab for untreated extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: CALGB 30306, a phase II study.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · November 20, 2011 PURPOSE: The efficacy of cisplatin, irinotecan, and bevacizumab was evaluated in patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with ES-SCLC received cisplatin 30 mg/m(2) and irinotecan 65 mg/m(2) on days 1 a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Persistent N2 disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · November 2011 OBJECTIVES: Patients achieving a mediastinal pathologic complete response with neoadjuvant chemotherapy have improved outcomes compared with patients with persistent N2 disease. How to best manage this latter group of patients is unknown, prompting a revie ... Full text Link to item Cite

Selective organ preservation in operable locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinomas guided by primary site restaging biopsy: long-term results of two sequential brown university oncology group chemoradiotherapy studies.

Journal Article Ann Surg Oncol · November 2011 OBJECTIVES: The long-term outcomes of selective organ preservation in operable, locally advanced head and neck cancers in two sequential chemoradiotherapy (CRT) protocols (HN-53, HN-67) are reported. METHODS: A total of 65 patients were treated with CRT co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Small cell lung cancer.

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Pathologic response after neoadjuvant carboplatin and weekly paclitaxel for early-stage lung cancer: a Brown University oncology group phase II study.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · August 2011 INTRODUCTION: Pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is associated with improved survival in solid tumors. Southwest Oncology Group 9,900 demonstrated a 9% pCR after three cycles of paclitaxel/carboplatin every 21 days. We evaluated ... Full text Link to item Cite

PERSISTENT N2 DISEASE AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY-NOW WHAT?

Conference JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY · June 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

How well does the new lung cancer staging system predict for local/regional recurrence after surgery?: A comparison of the TNM 6 and 7 systems.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · April 2011 INTRODUCTION: To evaluate how well the tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) 6 and TNM 7 staging systems predict rates of local/regional recurrence (LRR) after surgery alone for non-small cell lung cancer. METHODS: All patients who underwent surgery for non-small ... Full text Link to item Cite

Double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized phase 2 study of the proapoptotic agent AT-101 plus docetaxel, in second-line non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · April 2011 BACKGROUND: AT-101 is an inhibitor of Bcl-2 family proteins including Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, Mcl-1, and Bcl-w. In vivo and in vitro studies have exhibited broad activity of AT-101, including synergy with docetaxel in non-small cell lung cancer tumor models. METHOD ... Full text Link to item Cite

Carboplatin with weekly docetaxel and ifosfamide in advanced head and neck cancers: a phase I Brown University Oncology Group dose escalation study (HN-93).

Journal Article Cancer Chemother Pharmacol · November 2010 PURPOSE: A phase I study was performed to determine the maximally tolerated dose of carboplatin, ifosfamide, and docetaxel in advanced head and neck cancers. METHODS: Carboplatin (week 1) was administered with weekly docetaxel and ifosfamide for 3 weeks in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Chemoradiotherapy and gefitinib in stage III non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor and KRAS mutation analysis: cancer and leukemia group B (CALEB) 30106, a CALGB-stratified phase II trial.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · September 2010 INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the addition of gefitinib to sequential or concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer. METHODS: Between May 2002 and April 2005, 63 patients were entered before the study closi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cetuximab, paclitaxel, carboplatin, and radiation for head and neck cancer: a toxicity analysis.

Journal Article Am J Clin Oncol · April 2010 OBJECTIVE: To determine the feasibility and toxicity of the addition of cetuximab to paclitaxel, carboplatin, and concurrent radiation for patients with head and neck cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with stage III or IV locally advanced squamous ce ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characterizing the clinical relevance of an embryonic stem cell phenotype in lung adenocarcinoma.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · December 15, 2009 PURPOSE: Cancer cells possess traits reminiscent of those ascribed to normal stem cells. It is unclear whether these phenotypic similarities are the result of a common biological phenotype, such as regulatory pathways. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Lung cancer cell ... Full text Link to item Cite

Preoperative chemotherapy versus preoperative chemoradiotherapy for stage III (N2) non-small-cell lung cancer.

Journal Article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · December 1, 2009 PURPOSE: To compare preoperative chemotherapy (ChT) and preoperative chemoradiotherapy (ChT-RT) in operable Stage III non-small-cell lung cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS: This retrospective study analyzed all patients with pathologically confirmed Stage III ... Full text Link to item Cite

Local recurrence after surgery for early stage lung cancer: an 11-year experience with 975 patients.

Journal Article Cancer · November 15, 2009 BACKGROUND: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the actuarial risk of local failure (LF) after surgery for stage I to II nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and assess surgical and pathologic factors affecting this risk. METHODS: The records, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of gimatecan given orally once a week for 3 of 4 weeks in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · January 1, 2009 PURPOSE: A phase I study was conducted to determine the dose-limiting toxicities (DLT) and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of gimatecan, a lipophilic camptothecin analogue, administered orally once a week for 3 weeks. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Adult patients with ... Full text Link to item Cite

Local/regional recurrence following surgery for early-stage lung cancer: A 10-year experience with 975 patients.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · May 20, 2008 7542 Background: Surgery, with or without chemotherapy, is the preferred treatment for early-stage NSCLC. The risk of local/regional recurrence (LRR) after resection is not well defined, but generally considered to be small in comparison to the risk of dis ... Link to item Cite

Neoadjuvant carboplatin and weekly paclitaxel for stage Ib-IIIa non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A Brown University Oncology Group (BrUOG) phase II study.

Journal Article J Clin Oncol · May 20, 2008 18502 Background: Achieving a pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is associated with improved survival in a number of solid tumors. SWOG 9900 demonstrated a 3% pCR rate following 3 cycles of q3week paclitaxel and carboplatin in r ... Link to item Cite

Small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article J Natl Compr Canc Netw · March 2008 Link to item Cite

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy with weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin for locally advanced head and neck cancer: Long-term follow-up of a Brown University Oncology Group Phase II Study (HN-53).

Journal Article Head Neck · March 2008 BACKGROUND: A phase II study was conducted using concurrent paclitaxel, carboplatin, and external beam radiotherapy (RT) in patients with advanced head and neck cancer. METHODS: Forty-three patients (stage III, n = 12; stage IV, n = 31) were treated with 8 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Image-guided percutaneous thermal ablation for the palliative treatment of chest wall masses.

Journal Article Am J Clin Oncol · August 2007 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the palliative benefits of image-guided thermal ablation for the treatment of painful tumors affecting the chest wall. METHODS: Thirty-nine patients, median age 65 years, underwent percutaneous thermal ablation of 44 chest wall mass ... Full text Link to item Cite

A multi-center phase II study of weekly topotecan as second-line therapy for small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article Lung Cancer · July 2007 PURPOSE: To determine the response rate, toxicity, failure free and overall survival of weekly topotecan in patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer who received one prior platinum based chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Twenty two patients with rel ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase I study of the farnesyltransferase inhibitor lonafarnib with weekly paclitaxel in patients with solid tumors.

Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · January 15, 2007 PURPOSE: To establish the maximum tolerated dose of the farnesyltransferase inhibitor lonafarnib (Sarasar, Schering-Plough Corp., Kenilworth, NJ) in combination with weekly paclitaxel in patients with solid tumors. Tolerability, pharmacokinetics, safety, a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phase II trial of weekly paclitaxel and gemcitabine for previously untreated, stage IIIB-IV nonsmall cell lung cancer.

Journal Article Cancer · September 1, 2006 BACKGROUND: The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerance of the noncisplatin-based combination of paclitaxel and gemcitabine administered weekly for patients with untreated metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHOD ... Full text Link to item Cite

Percutaneous image-guided thermal ablation and radiation therapy: outcomes of combined treatment for 41 patients with inoperable stage I/II non-small-cell lung cancer.

Journal Article J Vasc Interv Radiol · July 2006 PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical outcomes in patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after combined treatment with thermal ablation and radiation therapy (RT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-one patients with inoperable stage I/II NSCLC ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiofrequency ablation followed by conventional radiotherapy for medically inoperable stage I non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article Chest · March 2006 PURPOSES: The standard treatment of stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is surgical resection. Some patients are poor surgical candidates due to severe comorbid medical conditions. Radiotherapy alone has historically been used in this patient popula ... Full text Link to item Cite

A low rate of central nervous system progression in a phase II trial of outpatient chemobiologic therapy with cisplatin, temozolomide, interleukin-2, and interferon alfa 2-B for metastatic malignant melanoma.

Journal Article Am J Clin Oncol · October 2005 The objective of this study was to evaluate an outpatient chemobiotherapy regimen for metastatic melanoma that included an agent with central nervous system (CNS) antitumor activity. Patients without prior therapy for metastatic disease received 20 mg/m2 c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Inhibition of the epidermal growth factor receptor in combined modality treatment for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article Semin Oncol · April 2005 Epidermal growth factor receptor 1 (EGFR 1 ) is a 170-kd glycoprotein that plays many roles in the growth of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). There are four known receptors in the EGFR family. Binding of a ligand such as epidermal growth factor (EGF) or ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gefitinib therapy for non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article Curr Treat Options Oncol · January 2005 Gefitinib is a small molecule that specifically inhibits the tyrosine kinase activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) type 1 by interfering with the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binding site. At doses that maximally inhibit EGFR tyrosine kin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Induction or consolidation systemic therapy in the multimodality treatment of unresectable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article Lung Cancer · December 2003 Chemoradiotherapy has been shown to improve survival over radiation alone for unresectable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Large randomized trials comparing sequential to concomitant platinum based chemoradiotherapy have demonstrated i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Elective lymph node dissection for melanoma laid to rest yet again

Journal Article Archives of Dermatology · September 1, 2003 Full text Cite

A phase I study of a weekly schedule of paclitaxel and carboplatin in patients with advanced carcinoma.

Journal Article Cancer · November 1, 2002 BACKGROUND: We conducted a Phase I study of weekly paclitaxel (P) and carboplatin (C) in patients with advanced malignancies to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of this combination. METHODS: Dose levels were escalated independently for patients w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Update in non-small cell lung cancer.

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Surgical resection is necessary to maximize tumor control in function-preserving, aggressive chemoradiation protocols for advanced squamous cancer of the head and neck (stage III and IV).

Journal Article Ann Surg Oncol · September 2001 BACKGROUND: The role of surgery in aggressive chemoradiation protocols for advanced head and neck cancer has been questioned because of the quoted high clinical response rates in many series. METHODS: The role of surgical resection was examined in an aggre ... Full text Link to item Cite

Preoperative paclitaxel, carboplatin, and radiation therapy in advanced head and neck cancer (stage III and IV).

Journal Article Semin Radiat Oncol · April 1999 Preoperative chemotherapy and chemoradiation protocols are generally associated with high clinical response rates but limited pathologic responses for large primary tumors. We have initiated a prospective phase II study of weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin ... Link to item Cite

Chemoradiotherapy for advanced inoperable head and neck cancer: A phase II study.

Journal Article Semin Radiat Oncol · April 1999 The beneficial effects of chemotherapy in patients with advanced head and neck cancer remain controversial in terms of survival, but have shown some promise in improving locoregional control and quality of life. In an effort to improve locoregional control ... Link to item Cite

Concurrent paclitaxel, carboplatin, and radiotherapy in advanced head and neck cancers: a phase II study--preliminary results.

Journal Article Semin Oncol · December 1997 Radiotherapy or surgery alone for advanced head and neck cancer generally yields poor results. Paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) and carboplatin have both shown excellent radiosensitization through two discrete mechanisms, nam ... Link to item Cite

Preoperative chemoradiation coupled with aggressive resection as needed ensures near total control in advanced head and neck cancer.

Journal Article Am J Surg · November 1997 BACKGROUND: Preoperative chemotherapy or chemoradiation protocols are generally associated with high clinical response rates, but limited pathologic responses for large primary tumors. We have initiated a prospective phase II study of weekly paclitaxel 60 ... Full text Link to item Cite

P-selectin induces the expression of tissue factor on monocytes.

Journal Article Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · September 13, 1994 P-selectin on activated platelets and stimulated endothelial cells mediates cell adhesion with monocytes and neutrophils. Since activated platelets induce tissue factor on mononuclear leukocytes, we examined the effect of P-selectin on the expression of ti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Treatment choices in chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Journal Article Hosp Pract (Off Ed) · September 30, 1992 Link to item Cite

Development of fast singing muscles in a katydid.

Journal Article J Exp Zool · April 1986 In males of the katydid Neoconocephalus robustus, mesothoracic wings are used in flight (wing stroke frequence = 20 Hz) and stridulation (200 Hz), while the metathoracic wings are used in flight alone. Most mesothoracic wing muscles produce much briefer is ... Full text Link to item Cite

Growth and development of flight muscle in the locust (Schistocerca nitens, Thünberg)

Journal Article Journal of Experimental Zoology · January 1, 1986 The isometric contraction kinetics, ultrastructure, and growth of locust flight muscle that is derived from body wall muscle (metathoracic dorsal longitudinal muscle) and from limb muscle (second metathoracic tergocoxal muscle) were studied during the last ... Full text Cite

Structural and functional development of cricket wing muscles

Journal Article Journal of Experimental Zoology · January 1, 1985 The sizes of the unifunctional dorsal longitudinal (DLM) and bifunctional subalar (SA) metathoracic flight muscles of the cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus increase by more than an order of magnitude between the second instar before the terminal molt and the ... Cite

Structural and functional development of cricket ring muscles.

Journal Article J Exp Zool · January 1985 The sizes of the unifunctional dorsal longitudinal (DLM) and bifunctional subalar (SA) metathoracic flight muscles of the cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus increase by more than an order of magnitude between the second instar before the terminal molt and the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Flight muscle development in a hemimetabolous insect

Journal Article Journal of Experimental Zoology · January 1, 1982 The size of the metathoracic dorsal longitudinal flight muscle (DLM) in the cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus remains a constant proportion of metathoracic volume during most of nymphal life. Between the middle of the last nymphal instar and the fifth day of ... Full text Cite

Salt and water balance in the polychaete Nereis virens

Journal Article Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology · January 1, 1982 1. 1. Nereis virens is a large and common estuarine and coastal nereid polychaete of the North Atlantic Ocean, frequently used in physiological experiments. 2. 2. N. virens is euryhaline, surviving from about 5%o (15% SW) to over 100% SW. 3. 3. N. virens i ... Full text Cite