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Hartert M, Deppe C, Fink L, Kappes J. Chest wall tumor following intravesical BCG instillation for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis 2024; 35:100438. [PMID: 38623461 PMCID: PMC11017275 DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2024.100438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2024] Open
Abstract
Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the most effective intravesical immunotherapy for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), administered after its transurethral resection. Although its instillation is generally well tolerated, BCG-related infectious complications may occur in up to 5% of patients. Clinical manifestations may arise in conjunction with initial BCG instillation or develop months or years after the last BCG instillation. The range of presentations and potential severity pose an imminent challenge for clinicians. We present a case of an isolated subcutaneous chest wall abscess in an immunocompetent 52-year-old patient nearly two years after intravesical BCG instillation for NMIBC, an absolute rarity. As the enlarging chest wall tumor may be misinterpreted as malignancy, its expedient diagnosis and prompt treatment are of critical importance.
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- Marc Hartert
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz-Montabaur, Koblenz, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pneumology, Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz-Montabaur, Koblenz, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Cytopathology, and Molecular Pathology, Supraregional Joint Practice for Pathology, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Wetzlar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pneumology, Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz-Montabaur, Koblenz, Germany
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Yang Z, Jiang F, Wehby J, Aleksandrov A, Estabrooks S, Brodsky J, Hirschi M, Balch W, Sabusap C, Plate L, Fang X, Hwang T, Soya N, Lukacs G, Wang C, Vorobiev S, Hunt J, Brouillette C, Kappes J. 622: CFTR protein production core: Availability of purified full-length wild-type and disease-mutant CFTR proteins and new experimental data revealing insights into CFTR function and disease mechanism. J Cyst Fibros 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(21)02045-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hein S, Kappes J. [Update on primary spontaneous pneumothorax - conservative or primarily surgical therapy?]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2021; 146:994-997. [PMID: 34344027 DOI: 10.1055/a-1272-9512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Spontaneous pneumothorax is a potentially life-threatening situation. Therefore, it is mandatory to treat it safely. The incidence is approximately 10 out of 100 000 residents per year. It occurs through an immediate disruption of the visceral pleura that results in an accumulation of air in the pleural space. According to its etiology, spontaneous pneumothorax is divided into 2 groups. Whereas primary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in healthy individuals without any detectable lung disease, secondary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in patients with preexisting. Diagnosis of pneumothorax is typically made by chest x-ray. After diagnosis pneumothorax is traditionally treated by an insertion of a thoracic tube.Recently, thoracic ultrasound gained influence in diagnosis of pneumothorax and primarily conservative treatment strategies have been shown to be safe and equally effective in particular groups of patients. This article aims to present and discuss these upcoming strategies.
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- Selina Hein
- Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz-Montabaur, Klinik für Innere Medizin/Pneumologie, Schlaf- und Beatmungsmedizin Koblenz
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- Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz-Montabaur, Klinik für Innere Medizin/Pneumologie, Schlaf- und Beatmungsmedizin Koblenz
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Kron A, Scheffler M, Heydt C, Ruge L, Schaepers C, Eisert AK, Merkelbach-Bruse S, Riedel R, Nogova L, Fischer RN, Michels S, Abdulla DSY, Koleczko S, Fassunke J, Schultheis AM, Kron F, Ueckeroth F, Wessling G, Sueptitz J, Beckers F, Braess J, Panse J, Grohé C, Hamm M, Kabitz HJ, Kambartel K, Kaminsky B, Krueger S, Schulte C, Lorenz J, Lorenzen J, Meister W, Meyer A, Kappes J, Reinmuth N, Schaaf B, Schulte W, Serke M, Buettner R, Wolf J. Genetic Heterogeneity of MET-Aberrant NSCLC and Its Impact on the Outcome of Immunotherapy. J Thorac Oncol 2020; 16:572-582. [PMID: 33309988 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2020.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Robust data on the outcome of MET-aberrant NSCLC with nontargeted therapies are limited, especially in consideration of the heterogeneity of MET-amplified tumors (METamp). METHODS A total of 337 tumor specimens of patients with MET-altered Union for International Cancer Control stage IIIB/IV NSCLC were analyzed using next-generation sequencing, fluorescence in situ hybridization, and immunohistochemistry. The evaluation focused on the type of MET aberration, co-occurring mutations, programmed death-ligand 1 expression, and overall survival (OS). RESULTS METamp tumors (n = 278) had a high frequency of co-occurring mutations (>80% for all amplification levels), whereas 57.6% of the 59 patients with MET gene and exon 14 (METex14) tumors had no additional mutations. In the METamp tumors, with increasing gene copy number (GCN), the frequency of inactivating TP53 mutations increased (GCN < 4: 58.2%; GCN ≥ 10: 76.5%), whereas the frequency of KRAS mutations decreased (GCN < 4: 43.2%; GCN ≥ 10: 11.8%). A total of 10.1% of all the METamp tumors with a GCN ≥ 10 had a significant worse OS (4.0 mo; 95% CI: 1.9-6.0) compared with the tumors with GCN < 10 (12.0 mo; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 9.4-14.6). In the METamp NSCLC, OS with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy was significantly better compared with chemotherapy with 19.0 months (95% CI: 15.8-22.2) versus 8.0 months (95% CI: 5.8-10.2, p < 0.0001). No significant difference in median OS was found between ICI therapy and chemotherapy in the patients with METex14 (p = 0.147). CONCLUSIONS METex14, METamp GCN ≥ 10, and METamp GCN < 10 represent the subgroups of MET-dysregulated NSCLC with distinct molecular and clinical features. The patients with METex14 do not seem to benefit from immunotherapy in contrast to the patients with METamp, which is of particular relevance for the prognostically poor METamp GCN ≥ 10 subgroup.
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- Anna Kron
- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; FOM University of Applied Sciences, Essen, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. Vinzenz-Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Barmherzige Brueder Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine IV, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Pneumology, Evangelische Lungenklinik Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine, Helios Medical Center of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine II, Clinic of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Thoracic Oncology and Interventional Bronchology, Hospital Bethanien Moers, Moers, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Pneumonology and Allergology, Hospital Bethanien Solingen, Solingen, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Pneumonology, Florence-Nightingale Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Joint Private Practice for Hematology/Oncology, Dortmund, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Pneumology, Hospital Luedenscheid, Luedenscheid, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Pathology, Hospital Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Thoracic Oncology and Interventional Bronchology, Helios Medical Center of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Maria Hilf Hospital GmbH, Moenchengladbach, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine and Pneumology, Catholic Hospital Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Oncology, Asklepios Clinic Munich-Gauting, Munich-Gauting, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Medical Center North of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Pneumology and Allergology, GFO Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department of Pneumology and Oncology, Evangelic Hospital Hamm, Hamm, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Network Genomic Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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Mathy RM, Kuhn TC, Kappes J, Wielpütz MO, Ruhparwar A, Frankenstein L, Tanner M, Geis N, Fischer C, Kasperk C, Heussel CP, Kreuter M, Wilkens FM. Intracardial PMMA bone cement embolism after kyphoplasty-an unusual cause for sudden chest pain, hemothorax and hemopericardium. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 2020; 116:61-64. [PMID: 32607594 DOI: 10.1007/s00063-020-00698-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- R M Mathy
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cardiac Surgery Clinic, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Trauma Research Group, Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Trauma Research Group, Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.,Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Schlampp I, Rieber J, Adeberg S, Bozorgmehr F, Heußel CP, Steins M, Kappes J, Hoffmann H, Welzel T, Debus J, Rieken S. Re-irradiation in locally recurrent lung cancer patients. Strahlenther Onkol 2019; 195:725-733. [PMID: 30937509 DOI: 10.1007/s00066-019-01457-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE Lung cancer remains one of the tumour diagnoses with high lethality, although innovative treatment approaches have yielded improvements in local control and survival rates. There is still no consensus on how to treat local relapse in patients after first-line treatments. Radiotherapy may be considered in this situation; however, data supporting its effectiveness are rare. The purpose of this retrospective analysis was to evaluate outcomes of patients re-irradiated for thoracic tumours in terms of overall survival (OS), local progression-free survival (LPFS), toxicity and dose-volume parameters. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty-two patients with locally recurrent previously irradiated lung cancer were analysed retrospectively (NSCLC n = 52, SCLC n = 10). Target volumes both in lung and mediastinum were re-irradiated with conventional three-dimensional or intensity-modulated radiotherapy techniques. Median overall dose of re-irradiation was 38.5 Gy (range 20-60 Gy) with a median single dose per fraction of 2 Gy (1.8-3.0 Gy). Clinical documents and treatment plans were evaluated. RESULTS Median follow-up was 8.2 months (range 0-27 months). OS following re-irradiation was 9.3 months (range: 0-27 months) and LPFS was 6.5 months (range: 0-24 months). OS and LPFS were not affected by histology, total dose or patient age and gender. OS was improved in patients whose re-irradiation volumes included less than two mediastinal lymph node stations (p = 0.016). Twelve patients suffered from pneumonitis ≥grade II (19%) and two from pneumonitis grade III. One patient presumably died from pneumonitis grade V. A slight decline in forced expiratory volume (FEV1) was detected in post-re-irradiation lung function testing. CONCLUSIONS Re-irradiation is an option for patients with tumour recurrence to control local progression and lower the symptom burden. Oncological outcome appears to be affected by size, location of mediastinal target volumes and lung function. Prospective clinical trials are warranted to substantiate the role of re-irradiation in recurrent lung cancer.
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- Ingmar Schlampp
- University Hospital of Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,HIRO - Heidelberger Institut für RadioOnkologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,National Center for Tumor diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany.
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- University Hospital of Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,HIRO - Heidelberger Institut für RadioOnkologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,HIRO - Heidelberger Institut für RadioOnkologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxlinik, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.,Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxlinik, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxlinik, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dept. of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,HIRO - Heidelberger Institut für RadioOnkologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,HIRO - Heidelberger Institut für RadioOnkologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,HIRO - Heidelberger Institut für RadioOnkologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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Bernhardt D, Aufderstrasse S, König L, Adeberg S, Bozorgmehr F, Christopoulos P, Shafie RAE, Hörner-Rieber J, Kappes J, Thomas M, Herth F, Steins M, Debus J, Rieken S. Impact of inflammatory markers on survival in patients with limited disease small-cell lung cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy. Cancer Manag Res 2018; 10:6563-6569. [PMID: 30555261 PMCID: PMC6280890 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s180990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Systemic inflammation appears to play a role in the progression of numerous solid tumors by promoting tumor proliferation. Our current study aimed to evaluate the role of inflammatory markers in limited disease (LD) small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients undergoing thoracic chemoradiotherapy (TCR). Patients and methods We retrospectively analyzed a total number of 350 SCLC patients diagnosed with LD SCLC who received TCR between 1999 and 2017 and had available blood tests within 2 weeks prior to the start of TCR. Serum C-reactive protein (CRP), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), hemoglobin (Hb) levels, and platelet count (Pc) were evaluated as potential inflammatory markers. Kaplan–Meier survival analysis was performed for overall survival (OS). For comparison of survival curves, the log-rank (Mantel–Cox) test was used. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional HRs were used to assess the influence of cofactors on OS. Results Univariate analysis for OS revealed a statistically significant effect for LDH >400 U/L (HR 2.05 U/L; 95% CI 1.29–3.26 U/L; P=0.002), prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI; HR 0.58; 95% CI 0.40–0.85; P=0.005), CRP >50 mg/L (HR 1.49 mg/L; 95% CI 1.05–2.10 mg/L; P=0.026), and Karnofsky performance scale (KPS) <70% (HR 1.35%; 95% CI 1.02–1.80%; P=0.035). NLR, age (>70 years), Hb levels, and Pc did not influence survival. In multivariate analysis, OS was significantly affected by PCI (HR 0.64; 95% CI 0.43–0.94; P=0.026), LDH >400 U/L (HR 1.91 U/L; 95% CI 1.21–3.05 U/L; P=0.006), and CRP >50 mg/L (HR 1.43 mg/L; 95% CI 1.01–2.04 mg/L; P=0.045). KPS (≤70%) did not influence survival in multivariate analysis. Conclusion Elevated CRP and LDH seem to be the independent prognostic factors for OS in LD SCLC patients undergoing TCR. However, elevated NLR was not found to be an independent prognostic factor for OS if taken prior to TCR. LDH and CRP are easily available blood tests and do not require additional resources for routine use and could be useful for clinical decision making.
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- Denise Bernhardt
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany,
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany, .,Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg, Germany.,German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg, Germany.,German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany,
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,
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- German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg, Germany.,German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany, .,Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany, .,Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,
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Bernhardt D, Hommertgen A, Schmitt D, El Shafie R, Paul A, König L, Mair-Walther J, Krisam J, Klose C, Welzel T, Hörner-Rieber J, Kappes J, Thomas M, Heußel CP, Steins M, Kieser M, Debus J, Rieken S. Whole brain radiation therapy alone versus radiosurgery for patients with 1-10 brain metastases from small cell lung cancer (ENCEPHALON Trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2018; 19:388. [PMID: 30012190 PMCID: PMC6048892 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-018-2745-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Conventional whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) has been established as the treatment standard in patients with cerebral metastases from small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), however, it has only modest efficacy and limited prospective data is available for WBRT as well as local treatments such as stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). METHODS/DESIGN The present single-center prospective randomized study, conducted at Heidelberg University Hospital, compares neurocognitive function, as objectively measured by significant deterioration in Hopkins Verbal Learning Test - Revised total recall at 3 months. Fifty-six patients will be randomized to receive either SRS of all brain metastases (up to ten lesions) or WBRT. Secondary endpoints include intracranial progression (local tumor progression and number of new cerebral metastases), extracranial progression, overall survival, death due to brain metastases, local (neurological) progression-free survival, progression-free survival, changes in other cognitive performance measures, quality of life and toxicity. DISCUSSION Recent evidence suggests that SRS might be a promising treatment option for SCLC patients with brain metastases. The present trial is the first to prospectively investigate the treatment response, toxicity and neurocognition of WBRT and SRS in SCLC patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinicaltrials.gov NCT03297788 . Registered September 29, 2017.
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Affiliation(s)
- Denise Bernhardt
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurooncology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 672, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology. Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Neurooncology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 672, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology. Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Im Neuenheimer Feld 450, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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Bernhardt D, König L, Aufderstrasse S, Krisam J, Hoerner-Rieber J, Adeberg S, Bozorgmehr F, El Shafie R, Lang K, Kappes J, Thomas M, Herth F, Heußel CP, Warth A, Marcrom S, Debus J, Steins M, Rieken S. Generation of a New Disease-specific Prognostic Score for Patients With Brain Metastases From Small-cell Lung Cancer Treated With Whole Brain Radiotherapy (BMS-Score) and Validation of Two Other Indices. Clin Lung Cancer 2017; 19:340-345. [PMID: 29373273 DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2017.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) demonstrate an exception in the treatment of brain metastases (BM), because in patients with SCLC whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) only is the preferred treatment modality. The purpose of this study was to develop a prognostic score for patients with brain metastases from SCLC treated with WBRT. PATIENTS AND METHODS The present study was conducted utilizing a single-institution, previously described, retrospective database of patients with SCLC who were treated with WBRT (n = 221). Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to generate the "brain metastases from SCLC score" (BMS score) based on favorable prognostic factors: Karnofsky performance status (KPS > 70), extracerebral disease status (stable disease/controlled), and time of appearance of BM (synchronous). Furthermore, the disease-specific graded prognostic assessment score as well as the recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) were performed and compared with the new BMS score by using the log-rank (Mantel-Cox) test. RESULTS BMS score and RPA showed the most significant differences between classes (P < .001). BMS score revealed a mean overall survival (OS) of 2.62 months in group I (0-1 points), 6.61 months in group II (2-3 points), and 12.31 months in group III (4 points). The BMS score also identified the group with the shortest survival (2.62 months in group I), and the numbers of patients in each group were most equally distributed with the BMS score. CONCLUSION The new BMS score was more prognostic than the RPA and disease-specific graded prognostic assessment scores. The BMS score is easy to use and reflects known prognostic factors in contemporary patients with SCLC treated with WBRT. Future studies are necessary to validate these findings.
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- Denise Bernhardt
- University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany.
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- University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany; Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg, Germany; Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg, Germany; Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany; Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany
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Caf P, Kunz J, Flechsig P, Ullrich E, Reimer P, Barreto MM, Kappes J, Herth FJ, Warth A, Kauczor HU, Heußel CP. [What could the pancreas have to do with shoulder pain?]. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 2017; 113:135-138. [PMID: 29119210 DOI: 10.1007/s00063-017-0374-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Revised: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/08/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- P Caf
- Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie mit Nuklearmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland. .,Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland. .,Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC) Heidelberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL), Heidelberg, Deutschland. .,Abteilung für Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Maribor, Ljubljanska ulica 5, 2000, Maribor, Slowenien.
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- Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie mit Nuklearmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC) Heidelberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL), Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Translationale Thoraxpathologie, Pathologisches Institut, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC) Heidelberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL), Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Thoraxchirurgie, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC) Heidelberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL), Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Thoraxchirurgie, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC) Heidelberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL), Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC) Heidelberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL), Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC) Heidelberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL), Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC) Heidelberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL), Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Translationale Thoraxpathologie, Pathologisches Institut, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC) Heidelberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL), Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie mit Nuklearmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC) Heidelberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL), Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie mit Nuklearmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.,Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC) Heidelberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL), Heidelberg, Deutschland
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Bernhardt D, Adeberg S, Bozorgmehr F, Opfermann N, Hörner-Rieber J, König L, Kappes J, Thomas M, Unterberg A, Herth F, Heußel CP, Warth A, Debus J, Steins M, Rieken S. Outcome and prognostic factors in single brain metastases from small-cell lung cancer. Strahlenther Onkol 2017; 194:98-106. [PMID: 29085978 DOI: 10.1007/s00066-017-1228-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE Whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) is historically the standard of care for patients with brain metastases (BM) from small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), although locally ablative treatments are the standard of care for patients with 1-4 BM from other solid tumors. The objective of this analysis was to find prognostic factors influencing overall survival (OS) and intracranial progression-free survival (iPFS) in SCLC patients with single BM (SBM) treated with WBRT. METHODS A total of 52 patients were identified in the authors' cancer center database with histologically confirmed SCLC and contrast-enhanced magnet resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT), which confirmed SBM between 2006 and 2015 and were therefore treated with WBRT. A Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was performed for OS analyses. The log-rank (Mantel-Cox) test was used to compare survival curves. Univariate Cox proportional-hazards ratios (HRs) were used to assess the influence of cofactors on OS and iPFS. RESULTS The median OS after WBRT was 5 months and the median iPFS after WBRT 16 months. Patients that received surgery prior to WBRT had a significantly longer median OS of 19 months compared to 5 months in the group receiving only WBRT (p = 0.03; HR 2.24; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.06-4.73). Patients with synchronous disease had a significantly longer OS compared to patients with metachronous BM (6 months vs. 3 months, p = 0.005; HR 0.27; 95% CI 0.11-0.68). Univariate analysis for OS revealed a statistically significant effect for metachronous disease (HR 2.25; 95% CI 1.14-4.46; p = 0.019), initial response to first-line chemotherapy (HR 0.58; 95% CI 0.35-0.97; p = 0.04), and surgical resection (HR 0.36; 95% CI 0.15-0.88; p = 0.026). OS was significantly affected by metachronous disease in multivariate analysis (HR 2.20; 95% CI 1.09-4.45; p = 0.028). CONCLUSIONS Univariate analysis revealed that surgery followed by WBRT can improve OS in patients with SBM in SCLC. Furthermore, synchronous disease and response to initial chemotherapy appeared to be major prognostic factors. Multivariate analysis revealed metachronous disease as a significantly negative prognostic factor on OS. The value of WBRT, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), or surgery alone or in combination for patients with a limited number of BM in SCLC should be evaluated in further prospective clinical trials.
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- Denise Bernhardt
- Department of Radiation Oncology, INF 400, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany. .,Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Im Neuenheimer Feld 450, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, INF 400, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany.,Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Im Neuenheimer Feld 450, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, INF 400, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, INF 400, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, INF 400, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Im Neuenheimer Feld 450, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, INF 400, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.,Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, INF 400, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany.,Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Im Neuenheimer Feld 450, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, INF 400, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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Hörner-Rieber J, Dern J, Bernhardt D, König L, Adeberg S, Verma V, Paul A, Kappes J, Hoffmann H, Debus J, Heussel CP, Rieken S. Parenchymal and Functional Lung Changes after Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer-Experiences from a Single Institution. Front Oncol 2017; 7:215. [PMID: 28975083 PMCID: PMC5610686 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction This study aimed to evaluate parenchymal and functional lung changes following stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and to correlate radiological and functional findings with patient and treatment characteristics as well as survival. Materials and methods Seventy patients with early-stage NSCLC treated with SBRT from 2004 to 2015 with more than 1 year of CT follow-up scans were analyzed. Incidence, morphology, severity of acute and late lung abnormalities as well as pulmonary function changes were evaluated and correlated with outcome. Results Median follow-up time was 32.2 months with 2-year overall survival (OS) of 83% and local progression-free survival of 88%, respectively. Regarding parenchymal changes, most patients only developed mild to moderate CT abnormalities. Mean ipsilateral lung dose (MLD) in biological effective dose and planning target volume size were significantly associated with maximum severity score of parenchymal changes (p = 0.014, p < 0.001). Furthermore, both maximum severity score and MLD were significantly connected with OS in univariate analysis (p = 0.043, p = 0.025). For functional lung changes, we detected significantly reduced total lung capacity, forced expiratory volume in 1 s, and forced vital capacity (FVC) parameters after SBRT (p ≤ 0.001). Multivariate analyses revealed SBRT with an MLD ≥ 9.72 Gy and FVC reduction ≥0.54 L as independent prognostic factors for inferior OS (p = 0.029, p = 0.004). Conclusion SBRT was generally tolerated well with only mild toxicity. For evaluating the possible prognostic impact of MLD and FVC reduction on survival detected in this analysis, larger prospective studies are truly needed.
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- Juliane Hörner-Rieber
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Translational Research Unit, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Germany Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Translational Research Unit, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Germany Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University-Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University-Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany
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Bernhardt D, Adeberg S, Bozorgmehr F, Kappes J, Hoerner-Rieber J, Koenig L, Debus J, Thomas M, Unterberg A, Herth F, Heussel C, Steins M, Rieken S. EP-1207: Outcomes and prognostic factors in solitary brain metastasis from small cell lung cancer. Radiother Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(17)31642-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Rieber J, Dern J, Bernhardt D, König L, Adeberg S, Paul A, Kappes J, Hoffmann H, Debus J, Heussel C, Rieken S. EP-1212: Parenchymal and functional lung changes after stereotactic body radiotherapy for early-stage NSCLC. Radiother Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(17)31647-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Bernhardt D, Adeberg S, Bozorgmehr F, Opfermann N, Hoerner-Rieber J, Repka MC, Kappes J, Thomas M, Bischoff H, Herth F, Heußel CP, Debus J, Steins M, Rieken S. Nine-year Experience: Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Extensive Disease Small-cell Lung Cancer. Clin Lung Cancer 2016; 18:e267-e271. [PMID: 28027850 DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2016.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND In 2007, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT00016211) demonstrated a beneficial effect on overall survival (OS) with the use of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) for extensive disease (ED) small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). Nevertheless, debate is ongoing regarding the role of PCI, because the patients in that trial did not undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain before treatment. Also, a recent Japanese randomized trial showed a detrimental effect of PCI on OS in patients with negative pretreatment brain MRI findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined the medical records of 136 patients with ED SCLC who had initially responded to chemotherapy and undergone PCI from 2007 to 2015. The outcomes, radiation toxicity, neurologic progression-free survival, and OS after PCI were analyzed. Survival and correlations were calculated using log-rank and univariate Cox proportional hazard ratio analyses. RESULTS The median OS and the median neurologic progression-free survival after PCI was 12 and 19 months, respectively. No significant survival difference was seen for patients who had undergone MRI before PCI compared with patients who had undergone contrast-enhanced computed tomography (P = .20). Univariate analysis for OS did not show a statistically significant effect for known cofactors. CONCLUSION In the present cohort, PCI was associated with improved survival compared with the PCI arm of the EORTC trial, with a nearly doubled median OS period. Also, the median OS was prolonged by 2 months compared with the irradiation arm of the Japanese trial.
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- Denise Bernhardt
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center, Heidelberg, Germany; Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg Translational Lung Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany; German Centre for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
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- Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg Translational Lung Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany; German Centre for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg Translational Lung Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany; German Centre for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Centre for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Centre for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany; Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology With Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center, Heidelberg, Germany; Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg Translational Lung Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany; German Centre for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany
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Bernhardt D, Bozorgmehr F, Adeberg S, Opfermann N, von Eiff D, Rieber J, Kappes J, Foerster R, König L, Thomas M, Debus J, Steins M, Rieken S. Outcome in patients with small cell lung cancer re-irradiated for brain metastases after prior prophylactic cranial irradiation. Lung Cancer 2016; 101:76-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rieber J, Tonndorf-Martini E, Schramm O, Rhein B, König L, Adeberg S, Meyerhof E, Mohr A, Kappes J, Hoffmann H, Debus J, Rieken S. Establishing stereotactic body radiotherapy with flattening filter free techniques in the treatment of pulmonary lesions - initial experiences from a single institution. Radiat Oncol 2016; 11:80. [PMID: 27411832 PMCID: PMC4943033 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-016-0648-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) using flattening filter free (FFF)-techniques has been increasingly applied during the last years. However, clinical studies investigating this emerging technique are still rare. Hence, we analyzed toxicity and clinical outcome of pulmonary SBRT with FFF-techniques and performed dosimetric comparison to conventional techniques using flattening filters (FF). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 05/2014 and 06/2015, 56 consecutive patients with 61 pulmonary lesions were treated with SBRT in FFF-mode. Central lesions received 8 × 7.5 Gy delivered to the conformally enclosing 80 %-isodose, while peripheral lesions were treated with 3 × 15 Gy, prescribed to the 65 %-isodose. Early and late toxicity (after 6 months) as well as initial clinical outcomes were evaluated. Furthermore, [deleted] plan quality and efficiency were evaluated by analyzing conformity, beam- on and total treatment delivery times in comparison to plans with FF-dose application. RESULTS Median follow-up time was 9.3 months (range 1.5-18.0 months). Early toxicity was low with only 5 patients (8.9 %) reporting CTCAE 2° or higher side-effects. Only one patient (1.8 %) was diagnosed with radiation-induced pneumonitis CTCAE 3°, while 2 (3.6 %) patients suffered from pneumonitis CTCAE 2°. After 6 months, no toxicity greater than CTCAE 2° was reported. 1-year local progression-free survival, distant progression-free survival and overall survival were 92.8 %, 78.0 %, and 94.4 %, respectively. While plan quality was similar for FFF- and FF-plans in respect to conformity (p = 0.275), median beam-on time as well as total treatment time were significantly reduced for SBRT in FFF-mode compared to FF-mode (p ≤ 0.001, p ≤ 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Patient treatment with SBRT using FFF-techniques is safe and provides promising clinical results with only modest toxicity at significantly increased dose delivery speed.
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- Juliane Rieber
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Translational Research Unit, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Germany Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Rieber J, Deeg A, Ullrich E, Foerster R, Bischof M, Warth A, Schnabel PA, Muley T, Kappes J, Heussel CP, Welzel T, Thomas M, Steins M, Dienemann H, Debus J, Hoffmann H, Rieken S. Outcome and prognostic factors of postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) after incomplete resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Lung Cancer 2015; 91:41-7. [PMID: 26711933 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Revised: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Current guidelines recommend postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) for incompletely resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, there is still a paucity of evidence for this approach. Hence, we analyzed survival in 78 patients following radiotherapy for incompletely resected NSCLC (R1) and investigated prognostic factors. PATIENTS AND METHODS All 78 patients with incompletely resected NSCLC (R1) received PORT between December 2001 and September 2014. The median total dose for PORT was 60 Gy (range 44-68 Gy). The majority of patients had locally advanced tumor stages (stage IIA (2.6%), stage IIB (19.2%), stage IIIA (57.7%) and stage IIIB (20.5%)). 21 patients (25%) received postoperative chemotherapy. RESULTS Median follow-up after radiotherapy was 17.7 months. Three-year overall (OS), progression-free (PFS), local (LPFS) and distant progression-free survival (DPFS) rates were 34.1, 29.1, 44.9 and 51.9%, respectively. OS was significantly prolonged at lower nodal status (pN0/1) and following dose-escalated PORT with total radiation doses >54 Gy (p=0.012, p=0.013). Furthermore, radiation doses >54 Gy significantly improved PFS, LPFS and DPFS (p=0.005; p=0.050, p=0.022). Interestingly, survival was neither significantly influenced by R1 localization nor by extent (localized vs. diffuse). Multivariate analyses revealed lower nodal status and radiation doses >54.0 Gy as the only independent prognostic factors for OS (p=0.021, p=0.036). CONCLUSION For incompletely resected NSCLC, PORT is used for improving local tumor control. Local progression is still the major pattern of failure. Radiation doses >54 Gy seem to support improved local control and were associated with better OS in this retrospective study.
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- Juliane Rieber
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Germany
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- Translational Research Unit, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Germany Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum am Gesundbrunnen, SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Translational Research Unit, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Germany Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Translational Research Unit, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Germany Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Translational Research Unit, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Germany Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik gGmbH, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University-HospitalHeidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Translational Research Unit, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Germany Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Germany
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- Translational Research Unit, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Germany Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Germany.
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Yamauchi Y, Muley T, Safi S, Rieken S, Bischoff H, Kappes J, Warth A, Herth FJF, Dienemann H, Hoffmann H. The dynamic pattern of recurrence in curatively resected non-small cell lung cancer patients: Experiences at a single institution. Lung Cancer 2015; 90:224-9. [PMID: 26415991 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the hazard function of tumor recurrence in patients with completely (R0) resected non-small cell lung cancer. METHODS A total of 1374 patients treated between 2003 and 2009 with complete resection and systematic lymph node dissection were studied. The risk of recurrence at a given time after operation was studied utilizing the cause-specific hazard function. Recurrence was categorized as local recurrence or distant recurrence. The risk distribution was assessed using clinical and pathological factors. RESULTS The hazard function for recurrence presented an early peak at approximately 10 months after surgery and maintained a tapered plateau-like tail extending up to 8 years. A similar risk pattern was detected for both local recurrence and distant recurrence, while the risk of distant recurrence was higher than that of local recurrence. The double-peaked pattern of hazard rate was present in several subgroups, such as p-stage IA patients. A comparison of histology and status of nodal involvement showed that pN1-2 adenocarcinoma patients demonstrated a high hazard rate of distant recurrence and that pN0 adenocarcinoma patients exhibited a small recurrent risk for a longer time. Squamous cell carcinoma patients showed only little difference in risk. CONCLUSIONS The data may be useful to select patients at high risk of recurrence and may provide information for each patient to decide how to manage the postoperative follow-up individually.
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- Yoshikane Yamauchi
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Translational Research Unit, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology/Internal Medicine, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Rieber J, Schmitt J, Warth A, Muley T, Kappes J, Eichhorn F, Hoffmann H, Heussel CP, Welzel T, Debus J, Thomas M, Steins M, Rieken S. Outcome and prognostic factors of multimodal therapy for pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinomas. Eur J Med Res 2015; 20:64. [PMID: 26272455 PMCID: PMC4536693 DOI: 10.1186/s40001-015-0158-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Background There is controversy whether patients diagnosed with large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) should be treated according to protocols for non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) or small cell lung cancers (SCLC), especially with regard to the administration of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI). This study was set up to determine the incidence of brain metastases and to investigate the outcome following multimodal treatment in 70 patients with LCNEC. Methods Seventy patients with histologically confirmed LCNEC were treated at the University Hospital of Heidelberg between 2001 and 2014. Data were collected retrospectively. Al most all patients received thoracic surgery as initial treatment (94 %). Chemotherapy was administered in 32 patients as part of the initial treatment. Fourteen patients were treated with adjuvant or definitive thoracic radiotherapy according to NSCLC protocols. Cranial radiotherapy due to brain metastases, mostly given as whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT), was received by fourteen patients. Statistical analysis was performed using the long-rank test and the Kaplan–Meier method. Results Without PCI, the detected rate for brain metastases was 25 % after a median follow-up time of 23.4 months, which is comparable to NSCLC patients in general. Overall (OS), local (LPFS), brain metastases-free survival (BMFS) and extracranial distant progression-free survival (eDPFS) was 43, 50, 63 and 50 % at 5 years, respectively. Patients with incomplete resection showed a survival benefit from adjuvant radiotherapy. The administration of adjuvant chemotherapy improved the general worse prognosis in higher pathologic stages. Conclusion In LCNEC patients, the administration of radiotherapy according to NSCLC guidelines appears reasonable and contributes to acceptable results of multimodal treatment regimes. The low incidence of spontaneous brain metastases questions a possible role of PCI.
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- Juliane Rieber
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 224, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Translational Research Unit, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Translational Research Unit, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Amalienstraße 20, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Translational Research Unit, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Amalienstraße 20, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Translational Research Unit, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Amalienstraße 20, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Translational Research Unit, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik gGmbH, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Translational Research Unit, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Amalienstraße 20, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Translational Research Unit, Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Department of Thoracic Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Amalienstraße 20, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Muley T, Kobinger S, Firnkorn D, Dienemann H, Hoffmann H, Thomas M, Herth FJ, Heussel CP, Warth A, Kappes J. 6 years of Certified Lung Cancer Center – The Heidelberg Experience. Pneumologie 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Egenlauf B, Herth FJF, Kappes J. [Preoperative pulmonary function analysis and cardiorespiratory risk assessment: the current standard]. Zentralbl Chir 2014; 139 Suppl 1:S6-12. [PMID: 25264727 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1383043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
The aim of preoperative lung function analysis and diagnostic cardiology is to identify patients with an increased risk of complications and to best inform the patients about treatment options and risks so that an informed treatment decision can be made. The identification of patients at increased peri-interventional risk by preoperative physiological diagnostics also forms the basis for further developments and improvements of interventions and intervention techniques in order to reduce the risk of complications. The acquisition of a detailed medical history, a thorough physical examination, and the diagnosis using ECG and spirometry may provide the first evidence for the presence of relevant comorbidities. In elective surgery a detailed preoperative evaluation of comorbidities must be done. The association of age and operative mortality is not only due to age alone, but also involves the spectrum of comorbidities. The algorithms for Germany are based on the "S3 Guidelines of the German Society of Pneumology of 2010". Both German and international guidelines recommend the discussion of each case before lung resections in an interdisciplinary case discussion with thoracic surgeons, oncologists, radio-oncologists and pulmonologists. Patients of advanced age should always be subjected to an extended preoperative cardiopulmonary investigation.
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- B Egenlauf
- Abteilung für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik am Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik am Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik am Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Deutschland
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Häfner MF, Roeder F, Sterzing F, Krug D, Koerber SA, Kappes J, Hoffmann H, Slynko A, Debus J, Bischof M. Postoperative radiotherapy of patients with thymic epithelial tumors (TET). Strahlenther Onkol 2014; 191:133-40. [DOI: 10.1007/s00066-014-0740-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Askoxylakis V, Tanner J, Kappes J, Hoffmann H, Nicolay NH, Rief H, Debus J, Thomas M, Bischof M. Trimodal therapy for stage III-N2 non-small-cell lung carcinoma: a single center retrospective analysis. BMC Cancer 2014; 14:572. [PMID: 25104240 PMCID: PMC4137085 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Treatment of locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer is based on a combined approach. To study the impact of trimodal therapy for stage III-N2 NSCLC a single centre retrospective evaluation focusing on survival and therapy-related toxicity was performed. Methods 71 patients diagnosed between March 2001 and August 2008 with pathologically confirmed stage III-N2 non-small-cell lung cancer at the University Clinic of Heidelberg were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were treated within trimodal therapy strategies including surgery, induction or adjuvant chemotherapy and postoperative radiotherapy. Overall survival (OS) and disease free survival (DFS) rates were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. The log-rank test and Fishers Exact test were applied for univariate analysis and Cox proportional regression model for multivariate analysis. Results Median survival was 32 months. 1-, 3- and 5-year overall survival (OS) rates were 84.5%, 49.6% and 35.5% respectively. Disease free survival rates at 1, 3 and 5 years were 70.4%, 41.8% and 27.4% respectively. 9 patients (12.6%) were diagnosed with a local recurrence. Multivariate analysis did not reveal any independent prognostic factors for OS, but indicated a trend for pT stage and type of surgery. In regard to toxicity 8.4% of the patients developed a clinically relevant ≥ grade 2 pneumonitis. Evaluation of the forced expiratory volume in 1 second per unit of vital capacity (FEV1/VC) before and 1-3 years post radiotherapy revealed a median decrease of 2.1%. Conclusions Our descriptive data indicate that trimodal therapy represents an effective and safe treatment approach for patients with stage III-N2 non-small-cell lung cancer. Further prospective clinical trials are necessary in order to clearly define the impact of multimodal strategies and optimize NSCLC treatment.
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Kreuter M, Bauer CM, Ehmann M, Kappes J, Drings P, Herth FJF. [Efficacy and sustainability of a smoking prevention program for pupils--"ohnekippe"]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2014; 139:1403-8. [PMID: 24937077 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1370129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Since 2000 the Thoraxklinik Heidelberg offers the primary smoking prevention program "ohnekippe" for children aged 12-14 years. This program was scientifically evaluated to test its efficacy and sustainability. METHODS All pupils participating in this prevention program (n=1427) were asked to complete a written survey regarding their smoking behaviour at the time of intervention (baseline) and after one year. A control group (n=1412) without intervention from comparable schools and grades were questioned in parallel. Afterwards the program was modified with active involvement of schools and then data regarding smoking prevalence of young people were compared based on the microcensus 2005 and 2009. RESULTS 187 (13,4 %) pupils in the intervention and 215 (15,4 %) pupils in the control group were smokers at baseline. One year after, the number of regular and occasional smokers had increased from 11.2 % to 21.2 % in both groups without significant differences. Besides age and initial smoking status the "peer group" had important influence on smoking behaviour of young people. After modifying the program the number of smoking young people in the catchment area of "ohnekippe" has decreased significantly (7.8 %). Overall smoking prevalence in this age group was much lower (11,8 %) than in the rest of Baden-Württemberg (16.0 %) and of Germany (17.5 %). CONCLUSION Smoking prevention programs for young people can be effective if they are appropriately designed. Not only one prevention event, but intensive preparation and follow-up in schools as well as involvement of the "peer group" is essential for a successful intervention. After appropriate modification the smoking prevention program "ohnekippe" shows highly promising success.
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- M Kreuter
- Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
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- Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
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- Raucherprävention, Thoraxklinik. Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
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- Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
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- Raucherprävention, Thoraxklinik. Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
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- Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
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Noch E, Pina-Oviedo S, Perez-Liz G, Bookland M, Del Valle L, Gordon J, Khalili K, Juratli TA, Peitzsch M, Geiger K, Schackert G, Eisenhofer G, Krex D, Chaumeil MM, Woods SM, Danforth RM, Yoshihara H, Lodi A, Robinson A, Lupo JM, Pieper RO, Phillips JJ, Ronen SM, Schonberg DL, Heddleston JM, Hjelmeland AB, Rich JN, Rahim SAA, Sanzey M, Bjerkvig R, Niclou SP, Mustafa DAM, Swagemakers SMA, van der Spek PJ, Kros JM, Vartanian A, Singh SK, Zadeh G, Lim KS, Lim KJ, Orr BA, Price AC, Eberhart CG, Bar EE, Liu WM, Huang P, Nowacki A, Distelhorst C, Lathia J, Rich J, Kappes J, Gladson C, Schwartz K, Chang H, Karl Olson L. LAB-METABOLIC PATHWAYS. Neuro Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nos226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sarzotti-Kelsoe M, Daniell X, Todd CA, Bilska M, LaBranche C, Perez LG, Ochsenbauer C, Kappes J, Rountree W, Ozaki DA, Kim JH, McLinden R, Denny T, Montefiori DC. Optimization and validation of the HIV-1 neutralizing antibody assay in A3R5 cells. Retrovirology 2012. [PMCID: PMC3442075 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s2-p69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Pollara J, Bonsignori M, Moody M, Alam M, Liao H, Hwang K, Pickeral J, Kappes J, Ochsenbauer C, Soderberg K, Gurley TC, Kozink DM, Marshall DJ, Whitesides JF, Montefiori D, Robinson JE, Kaewkungwal J, Nitayaphan S, Pitisuttithum P, Rerks-Ngarm S, Kim J, Michael N, Tomaras G, Haynes BF, Ferrari G. Vaccine-induced ADCC-mediating antibodies target unique and overlapping envelope epitopes. Retrovirology 2012. [PMCID: PMC3441773 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s2-o39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Williams WB, Jones K, Krambrink A, Grove D, Liu P, Yates NL, Moody MA, Ferrari G, Pollara J, Moodie Z, Morgan CA, Liao H, Montefiori DC, Ochsenbauer C, Kappes J, Hammer S, Mascola J, Koup R, Corey L, Nabel G, Gilbert P, Churchyard G, Keefer M, Graham BS, Haynes BF, Tomaras GD. Multiple antibody specificities (gp41, V1V2, and V3) elicited in the phase II multiclade (A, B, C) HIV-1 DNA prime, rAd5 boost vaccine trial. Retrovirology 2012. [PMCID: PMC3441791 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s2-o55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ehlers-Tenenbaum S, Luft T, Jaekel D, Kappes J, Heussel CP, Dreger P, Herth FJF, Kreuter M. Klinischer Verlauf einer Bronchiolitis obliterans nach allogener peripherer Blutstammzelltransplantation (PBSCT) bei MDS. Pneumologie 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1302847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Gompelmann D, Kappes J, Heussel CP, Schnabel PA, Herth FJF. [Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum causing severe pneumonia in secondary immunoglobulin deficiency]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2011; 136:2503-6. [PMID: 22109586 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1297277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum is of increasing importance because of the rising number of immunocompromised patients. Pneumonia, but also endocarditis, urinary tract infections or keratitis can be caused by this bacteria in case of immunosuppression. Taking corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum into consideration as causitive agent provides for a fast onset of targeted antibiotic therapy. HISTORY AND FINDINGS A 69-year-old man with immunoglobulin deficiency due to a chronic lymphocytic leukemia presented with typical clinical, laboratory and imaging evidence of pneumonia. DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND COURSE Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum was detected as causative agent. After a prolongated course targeted antibiotic therapy and immunoglobulin substitution resulted in full recovery of the patient. CONCLUSION In immunocompromised patients Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum should be taken into consideration as causative bacterium of pneumonia. Especially, immunoglobuline deficiency seems to be associated with pneumonia caused by Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum. Therefore, immunoglobulin substitution as well as a targeted antibiotic therapy should be considered.
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- Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg.
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Furnari F, Fenton T, Nathanson D, de Alberquerque CP, Kuga D, Wanami A, Dang J, Yang H, Tanaka K, Gao L, Oba-Shinjo S, Uno M, Inda MDM, Bachoo R, James CD, DePinho R, Vandenberg S, Zhou H, Marie S, Mischel P, Cavenee W, Szerlip N, Pedraza A, Huse J, Mikkelsen T, Brennan C, Szerlip N, Castellani RJ, Ivanova S, Gerzanich VV, Simard JM, Ito M, See W, Mukherjee J, Ohba S, Tan IL, Pieper RO, Lukiw WJ, Culicchia F, Pogue A, Bhattacharjee S, Zhao Y, Proescholdt MA, Merrill M, Storr EM, Lohmeier A, Brawanski A, Abraham S, Jensen R, Khatua S, Gopal U, Du J, He F, Golub T, Isaacs JS, Dietrich J, Kalogirou-Valtis Y, Ly I, Scadden D, Proschel C, Mayer-Proschel M, Rempel SA, Schultz CR, Golembieski W, Brodie C, Mathew LK, Skuli N, Mucaj V, Imtiyaz HZ, Venneti S, Lal P, Zhang Z, Davuluri RV, Koch C, Evans S, Simon MC, Ranganathan P, Clark P, Salamat S, Kuo JS, Kalejta RF, Bhattacharjee B, Renzette N, Moser RP, Kowalik TF, McFarland BC, Ma JY, Langford CP, Gillespie GY, Yu H, Zheng Y, Nozell SE, Huszar D, Benveniste EN, Lawrence JE, Cook NJ, Rovin RA, Winn RJ, Godlewski JA, Ogawa D, Bronisz A, Lawler S, Chiocca EA, Lee SX, Wong ET, Swanson KD, Liu KW, Feng H, Bachoo R, Kazlauskas A, Smith EM, Symes K, Hamilton RL, Nagane M, Nishikawa R, Hu B, Cheng SY, Silber J, Jacobsen A, Ozawa T, Harinath G, Brennan CW, Holland EC, Sander C, Huse JT, Sengupta R, Dubuc A, Ward S, Yang L, Northcott P, Kroll K, Taylor M, Wechsler-Reya R, Rubin J, Chu WT, Lee HT, Huang FJ, Aldape K, Yao J, Steeg PS, Lu Z, Xie K, Huang S, Sim H, Agudelo-Garcia PA, Hu B, Viapiano MS, Hu B, Agudelo-Garcia PA, Saldivar J, Sim H, Dolan C, Mora M, Nuovo G, Cole S, Viapiano MS, Stegh AH, Ryu MJ, Liu Y, Du J, Zhong X, Marwaha S, Li H, Wang J, Salamat S, Chang Q, Zhang J, Ng HK, Yang L, Poon WS, Zhou L, Pang JC, Chan A, Didier S, Kwiatkowska A, Ennis M, Fortin S, Rushing E, Eschbacher J, Tran N, Symons M, Roldan G, McIntyre JB, Easaw J, Magliocco A, Wykosky J, Cavenee W, Furnari F, Lu D, Mreich E, Chung S, Teo C, Wheeler H, McDonald KL, Lawn S, Forsyth P, Sonabend AM, Lei L, Kennedy B, Soderquist C, Guarnieri P, Leung R, Yun J, Sisti J, Castelli M, Bruce S, Bruce R, Ludwig T, Rosenfeld S, Bruce JN, Canoll P, Lamszus K, Schulte A, Gunther HS, Riethdorf S, Phillips HS, Westphal M, Siegal T, Zrihan D, Granit A, Lavon I, Singh M, Chandra J, Ogawa D, Nakashima H, Godlewski J, Chiocca AE, Kapoor GS, Poptani H, Ittyerah R, O'Rourke DM, Sadraei NH, Burgett M, Ahluwalia M, Tipps R, Khosla D, Weil R, Nowacki A, Prayson R, Shi T, Gladson C, Moeckel S, Meyer K, Bosserhoff A, Spang R, Leukel P, Vollmann A, Jachnick B, Stangl C, Proescholdt M, Bogdahn U, Hau P, Kaur G, Sun M, Kaur R, Bloch O, Jian B, Parsa AT, Hossain A, Shinojima N, Gumin J, Feng G, Lang FF, Li L, Yang CR, Chakraborty S, Hatanpaa K, Chauncey S, Jiwani A, Habib A, Nguyen T, Nakashima H, Chiocca EA, Munson J, Machaidze R, Kaluzova M, Bellamkonda R, Hadjipanayis CG, Zhang Y, McFarland B, Bredel M, Benveniste EN, Lee SH, Zerrouqi A, Khwaja F, Devi NS, Van Meir EG, Haseley A, Boone S, Wojton J, Yu L, Kaur B, Wojton JA, Naduparambil J, Denton N, Chakravarti A, Kaur B, Conrad CA, Wang X, Sheng X, Nilsson C, Marshall AG, Emmett MR, Hu Y, Mark L, Zhou YHZ, Dhruv H, McDonough W, Tran N, Armstrong B, Tuncali S, Eschbacher J, Kislin K, Berens M, Plas D, Gallo C, Stringer K, Kendler A, McPherson C, Castelli MA, Ellis JA, Assanah M, Bruce JN, Canoll P, Ogden A, Liang J, Piao Y, deGroot JF, Gordon N, Patel D, Chakravarti A, Palanichamy K, Hervey-Jumper S, Wang A, He X, Zhu T, Heth J, Muraszko K, Fan X, Nakashima H, Nguyen T, Chiocca EA, Liu WM, Huang P, Rani S, Stettner MR, Jerry S, Dai Q, Kappes J, Tipps R, Gladson CL, Chakravarty D, Pedraza A, Koul D, Alfred Yung WK, Brennan CW, Jensen SA, Luciano J, Calvert A, Nagpal V, Stegh A, Kang SH, Yu MO, Lee MG, Chi SG, Chung YG, Cooper MK, Valadez JG, Grover VK, Kouri FM, Chin L, Stegh AH, Ahluwalia MS, Khosla D, Weil RJ, McGraw M, Huang P, Prayson R, Nowacki A, Barnett GH, Gladson C, Kang C, Zou J, Lan F, Yue X, Shi Z, Zhang K, Han L, Pu P, Seaman BF, Tran ND, McDonough W, Dhruv H, Kislin K, Berens M, Battiste JD, Sirasanagandla S, Maher EA, Bachoo R, Sugiarto S, Persson A, Munoz EG, Waldhuber M, Vandenberg S, Stallcup W, Philips J, Berger MS, Bergers G, Weiss WA, Petritsch C. CELL BIOLOGY AND SIGNALING. Neuro Oncol 2011; 13:iii10-iii25. [PMCID: PMC3199169 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nor148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2023] Open
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Gompelmann DR, Kappes J, Heussel CP, Herth FJF. [Sarcoidosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and viral hepatitis--a challenge for diagnostic and therapy]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2010; 135:184-7. [PMID: 20104438 DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1244834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS A 39-year-old smoker noted dyspnoea on exertion and had a dry cough. INVESTIGATIONS Pulmonary function test revealed a mainly obstructive ventilatory impairment with only discrete restrictive component. Computed tomography showed bilateral hilar and mediastinal adenopathy with pulmonary parenchymal abnormalities. Transbronchial lung biopsy revealed epitheloid granuloma with giant cells but no central necrosis. Blood tests showed HBs-antigen, anti-HBc-IgG, anti-HBe-IgG/IgM and hepatitis B-DNA. DIAGNOSIS These findings indicated pulmonary sarcoidosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic hepatitis-B-infection. TREATMENT AND COURSE Considering all revealed pneumological test results and the hepatitis-B-infection, glucocorticosteroids were thought not to be indicated. CONCLUSION Even when treatment of sarcoidosis is indicated, all arguments for and against treatment, in particular the presence of co-morbidities and possible negative effects of immunosuppression, should be carefully considered in the individual case before any treatment is initiated.
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- Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg.
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Ghosh M, Fahey J, Shen Z, Cu-Uvin S, Mayer K, Wu Z, Kappes J, Ochsenbauer-Jambor C, Wright P, Wira C. Cervical-vaginal lavages from HIV positive- and HIV negative-women contain immune factors that have intrinsic anti-HIV activity. J Reprod Immunol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2009.06.250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kellmeyer P, Saur D, Peschke C, Kappes J, Ziegler W, Weiller C, Baumgärtner A. Ventral and dorsal fronto-parietal fiber pathways for phonological transformation processes. Akt Neurol 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1238429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Peschke C, Ziegler W, Kappes J, Baumgaertner A. Auditory–motor integration during fast repetition: The neuronal correlates of shadowing. Neuroimage 2009; 47:392-402. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.03.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2008] [Revised: 01/30/2009] [Accepted: 03/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Heussel CP, Herth FJF, Kappes J, Hantusch R, Hartlieb S, Weinheimer O, Kauczor HU, Eberhardt R. Fully automatic quantitative assessment of emphysema in computed tomography: comparison with pulmonary function testing and normal values. Eur Radiol 2009; 19:2391-402. [PMID: 19458953 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1437-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2008] [Revised: 03/03/2009] [Accepted: 03/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Characterisation and quantification of emphysema are necessary for planning of local treatment and monitoring. Sensitive, easy to measure, and stable parameters have to be established and their relation to the well-known pulmonary function testing (PFT) has to be investigated. A retrospective analysis of 221 nonenhanced thin-section MDCT with a corresponding PFT was carried out, with a subgroup analysis in 102 COPD stage III+IV, 44 COPD stage 0, and 33 investigations into interstitial lung disease (ILD). The in-house YACTA software was used for automatic quantification of lung and emphysema volume [l], emphysema index, mean lung density (MLD [HU]) and 15(th) percentile [HU]. CT-derived lung volume is significantly smaller in ILD (3.8) and larger in COPD (7.2) than in controls (5.9, p < 0.0001). Emphysema volume and index are significantly higher in COPD than in controls (3.2 vs. 0.5, p < 0.0001, 45% vs. 8%, p < 0.0001). MLD and 15(th) percentile are significantly smaller in COPD (-877/-985, p < 0.0001) and significantly higher in ILD (-777, p < 0.0006/-914, p < 0.0001) than in controls (-829/-935). A relevant amount of COPD patients apparently do not suffer from emphysema, while controls who do not fulfil PFT criteria for COPD also demonstrate CT features of emphysema. Automatic quantification of thin-section CT delivers convincing parameters and ranges that are able to differentiate among emphysema, control and ILD. An emphysema index of lower 20%, MLD higher than -850, and 15(th) percentile lower than -950 might be regarded as normal (thin-section, nonenhanced, B40, YACTA). These ranges might be helpful in the judgement of individual measures.
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- C P Heussel
- Thoraxklinik Heidelberg, University Hospital Heidelberg, Amalienstrasse 5, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Kappes J, Eberhardt R, Ernst A, Herth FJF. Effektivität der endobronchialen ultraschallgesteurterten transbronchialen Nadelspiration (EBUS-TBNA) hilärer Lymphknoten zur Diagnose des Bronchialkarzinoms. Pneumologie 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1213987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Herth FJF, Kappes J, Ehmann M, Kraft A, Kreuter M, Bischof H. Wasserpfeife – Wie häufig wird sie von Jugendlichen benutzt? Pneumologie 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kappes J, Baumgärtner A, Peschke C, Ziegler W. Wovon hängt imitatives Verhalten beim Nachsprechen ab? Akt Neurol 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1086952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Köhrmann K, Woeste M, Kappes J, Rassweiler J, Alken P. Der Wert der transurethralen Nachresektion beim oberflächlichen Harnblasenkarzinom. Aktuelle Urol 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1058226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bischof M, Debus J, Herfarth K, Muley T, Kappes J, Storz K, Hoffmann H. Surgery and Chemotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer in Stages I–II with or without Radiotherapy. Strahlenther Onkol 2007; 183:679-84. [DOI: 10.1007/s00066-007-1740-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2007] [Accepted: 06/28/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Cowey S, Szafran AA, Kappes J, Zinn KR, Siegal GP, Desmond RA, Kim H, Evans L, Hardy RW. Breast cancer metastasis to bone: evaluation of bioluminescent imaging and microSPECT/CT for detecting bone metastasis in immunodeficient mice. Clin Exp Metastasis 2007; 24:389-401. [PMID: 17541709 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-007-9076-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2007] [Accepted: 04/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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This study sought to determine if weekly X-ray exposure affected breast cancer cell metastasis to bone and to also evaluate the use of bioluminescent imaging (BLI) and microSPECT for detection of metastatic bone lesions. Five week old nude mice were randomly assigned to the CT exposed (n = 7) and no CT exposure (n = 6) treatment groups. Mice received an intracardiac injection of MDA-MB-435 human breast cancer cells transduced with luciferase, or a sham injection (saline). The CT exposed group of mice received CT irradiation once a week for 5 weeks. All mice underwent weekly BLI and select mice received Tc-99m-MDP followed by microSPECT imaging after 5 weeks. Pathological evaluation and histomorphometry were used to assess the affect of CT X-rays on bone metastasis and to evaluate BLI. BLI results found no significant difference in metastasis between animals that received CT and those that did not (P > 0.05); however, histomorphometry of the knee joints revealed a significant increase (P = 0.029) in tumor area of the leg bones in mice that received CT exposure (60% +/- 7%) compared to animals that did not receive CT scans (33% +/- 8%). Compared to histological analysis, BLI of the leg and spine was determined to have excellent sensitivity (100%), good specificity (80-90%) and accuracy (90-96%), a positive predictive value of 81-93% and a 100% negative predictive value. Thus, multi-modality imaging techniques can be very useful for monitoring bone metastasis, however microCT X-rays should be used judiciously in order to limit irradiation that may stimulate increased metastasis to specific regions of the skeleton. MicroSPECT imaging did not detect metastatic lesions in the legs of these young nude mice.
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- S Cowey
- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 701 South 19th Street, LHRB Room 531, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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Kappes J, Schmähl A, Herth F. Pulmonale Aktinomykose mit Thoraxwanddestruktion und Rundherden 5 Monate nach Operation und adjuvanter Chemotherapie eines NSCLC im Stadium Ib. Pneumologie 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Shehu-Xhilaga M, Hill M, Marshall JA, Kappes J, Crowe SM, Mak J. The conformation of the mature dimeric human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA genome requires packaging of pol protein. J Virol 2002; 76:4331-40. [PMID: 11932399 PMCID: PMC155102 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.9.4331-4340.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The packaging of a mature dimeric RNA genome is an essential step in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication. We have previously shown that overexpression of a protease (PR)-inactive HIV-1 Gag-Pro-Pol precursor protein generates noninfectious virions that contain mainly monomeric RNA (M. Shehu-Xhilaga, S. M. Crowe, and J. Mak, J. Virol. 75:1834-1841, 2001). To further define the contribution of HIV-1 Gag and Gag-Pro-Pol to RNA maturation, we analyzed virion RNA dimers derived from Gag particles in the absence of Gag-Pro-Pol. Compared to wild-type (WT) dimeric RNAs, these RNA dimers have altered mobility and low stability under electrophoresis conditions, suggesting that the HIV-1 Gag precursor protein alone is not sufficient to stabilize the dimeric virion RNA structure. The inclusion of an active viral PR, without reverse transcriptase (RT) and integrase (IN), rescued the stability of the virion RNA dimers in the Gag particles but did not restore the mobility of the RNAs, suggesting that RT and IN are also required for virion RNA dimer maturation. Thin-section electron microscopy showed that viral particles deficient in RT and IN contain empty cone-shaped cores. The abnormal core structure indicates a requirement for Gag-Pro-Pol packaging during core maturation. Supplementing viral particles with either RT or IN via Vpr-RT or Vpr-IN alone did not correct the conformation of the dimer RNAs, whereas expression of both RT and IN in trans as a Vpr-RT-IN fusion restored RNA dimer conformation to that of the WT virus and also restored the electron-dense, cone-shaped virion core characteristic of WT virus. Our data suggest a role for RT-IN in RNA dimer conformation and the formation of the electron-dense viral core.
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- M Shehu-Xhilaga
- AIDS Pathogenesis Research Unit, Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia
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Yung E, Sorin M, Pal A, Craig E, Morozov A, Delattre O, Kappes J, Ott D, Kalpana GV. Inhibition of HIV-1 virion production by a transdominant mutant of integrase interactor 1. Nat Med 2001; 7:920-6. [PMID: 11479624 DOI: 10.1038/90959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Integase interactor 1 (INI1), also known as hSNF5, is a protein that interacts with HIV-1 integrase. We report here that a cytoplasmically localized fragment of INI1 (S6; aa183-294) containing the minimal integrase-interaction domain potently inhibits HIV-1 particle production and replication. Mutations in S6 or integrase that disrupt integrase-INI1 interaction abrogated the inhibitory effect. An integrase-deficient HIV-1 transcomplemented with integrase fused to Vpr was not affected by S6. INI1 was specifically incorporated into virions and was required for efficient HIV-1 particle production. These results indicate that INI1 is required for late events in the viral life cycle, and that ectopic expression of S6 inhibits HIV-1 replication in a transdominant manner via its specific interaction with integrase within the context of Gag-Pol, providing a novel strategy to control HIV-1 replication.
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- E Yung
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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Burns H, Oines P, Kuper D, Halbert M, Kappes J. McKennan Poison Control Center annual report 1989. S D J Med 1990; 43:25-7. [PMID: 2277987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- H Burns
- McKennan Poison Control Center, Sioux Falls, SD
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Cuchacovich M, Kappes J. [Algoneurodystrophy caused by phenobarbital]. Rev Med Chil 1987; 115:865-7. [PMID: 3146789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A patient with gastroduodenal artery aneurysm detected with Tc-99m scintiangiography is described. Liver and hepatobiliary imaging were also performed on the patient. Ultrasound examination, arteriography, and surgical exploration were carried out. The value of radionuclide studies in leading to the proper diagnosis is emphasized.
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Bennett RM, Kappes J, Kessler S, Cope R, Davis J, Smith D. Dimethyl sulfoxide does not suppress an experimental model of arthritis in rabbits. J Rheumatol 1983; 10:533-8. [PMID: 6620261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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We studied the ability of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) to influence the course of an experimental model of inflammatory arthritis. A Dumonde-Glynn model of arthritis was induced in both tibio-femoral joints of 10 rabbits, using ovalbumin as the immunogen. At one month post induction of the arthritis, the right tibio-femoral joint of 6 animals was treated for 3 months with topical 80% DMSO--1 g/kg body weight applied to the shaved skin for 5 out of 7 days each week. In another 4 animals, the right tibio-femoral joint was injected with 0.5 ml of 80% DMSO at one month post induction of the arthritis. Joint radiographs were taken at monthly intervals. The rabbits were sequentially sacrificed and the joint tissues evaluated by a blinded observer. Neither the topical DMSO nor the intraarticular DMSO treated joints showed any favorable responses to therapy; in fact the topically treated joints exhibited somewhat more inflammatory and destructive changes than the untreated joints. However the repeated injection of DMSO into normal joints did not, of itself, produce any deleterious effects. This study indicates a need to assess more thoroughly a possible deleterious effect of DMSO on the course of untreated inflammatory arthritis.
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