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Awasthi S, Grass GD, Torres-Roca J, Johnstone PAS, Pow-Sang J, Dhillon J, Park J, Rounbehler RJ, Davicioni E, Hakansson A, Liu Y, Fink AK, DeRenzis A, Creed JH, Poch M, Li R, Manley B, Fernandez D, Naghavi A, Gage K, Lu-Yao G, Katsoulakis E, Burri RJ, Leone A, Ercole CE, Palmer JD, Vapiwala N, Deville C, Rebbeck TR, Dicker AP, Kelly W, Yamoah K. Genomic Testing in Localized Prostate Cancer Can Identify Subsets of African Americans With Aggressive Disease. J Natl Cancer Inst 2022; 114:1656-1664. [PMID: 36053178 PMCID: PMC9745424 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djac162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Personalized genomic classifiers have transformed the management of prostate cancer (PCa) by identifying the most aggressive subsets of PCa. Nevertheless, the performance of genomic classifiers to risk classify African American men is thus far lacking in a prospective setting. METHODS This is a prospective study of the Decipher genomic classifier for National Comprehensive Cancer Network low- and intermediate-risk PCa. Study-eligible non-African American men were matched to African American men. Diagnostic biopsy specimens were processed to estimate Decipher scores. Samples accrued in NCT02723734, a prospective study, were interrogated to determine the genomic risk of reclassification (GrR) between conventional clinical risk classifiers and the Decipher score. RESULTS The final analysis included a clinically balanced cohort of 226 patients with complete genomic information (113 African American men and 113 non-African American men). A higher proportion of African American men with National Comprehensive Cancer Network-classified low-risk (18.2%) and favorable intermediate-risk (37.8%) PCa had a higher Decipher score than non-African American men. Self-identified African American men were twice more likely than non-African American men to experience GrR (relative risk [RR] = 2.23, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02 to 4.90; P = .04). In an ancestry-determined race model, we consistently validated a higher risk of reclassification in African American men (RR = 5.26, 95% CI = 1.66 to 16.63; P = .004). Race-stratified analysis of GrR vs non-GrR tumors also revealed molecular differences in these tumor subtypes. CONCLUSIONS Integration of genomic classifiers with clinically based risk classification can help identify the subset of African American men with localized PCa who harbor high genomic risk of early metastatic disease. It is vital to identify and appropriately risk stratify the subset of African American men with aggressive disease who may benefit from more targeted interventions.
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Veracyte Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- The James Cancer Hospital at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Correspondence: Kosj Yamoah, MD, PhD, Department of Radiation Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL 33612, USA (e-mail: )
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Aydin AM, Gage K, Dhillon J, Cheriyan SK, Poch MA, Manley BJ, Li R, Sexton WJ, Spiess PE, Gilbert SM, Pow-Sang JM. Focal bipolar radiofrequency ablation for localized prostate cancer: Safety and feasibility. Int J Urol 2020; 27:882-889. [PMID: 32767444 DOI: 10.1111/iju.14321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 02/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the safety and feasibility of focal bipolar radiofrequency ablation in men with localized prostate cancer. METHODS A review of 10 patients treated with a novel bipolar radiofrequency ablation probe integrated in a coil design (Encage; Trod Medical, Bradenton, FL, USA) between 2011 and 2017 in two prospective pilot trials. All men had clinical stage T1c prostate cancer, prostate-specific antigen <10 ng/mL and Gleason score ≤7. Ablation was carried out under general anesthesia, and bipolar probes were inserted transperineally under transrectal ultrasound guidance. Treatment-related adverse events, quality of life and negative biopsy rate were evaluated at 6 months after ablation. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare baseline and post-treatment symptom scores. RESULTS The median age was 58 years (range 50-64 years) and the median prostate volume was 49.65 cc (range 21-68 cc). Prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 6 (3 + 3) and 7 (3 + 4) was noted in seven and three patients, respectively. The median number of radiofrequency ablation cycles was 2.5 (range 2-5). All patients were catheter-free and able to void the day of surgery. Within 6 months after ablation, all adverse events were low grade, with the exception of one grade 3 hematuria that required cystoscopy without coagulation. Six months after ablation bowel, urinary and hormonal functions, and overall satisfaction remained stable. Erectile dysfunction occurred in two out of four patients who had normal sexual function before the procedure. Neither urinary incontinence nor urinary infection was noted. CONCLUSIONS This first report on focal bipolar radiofrequency ablation documents a safe and feasible treatment option for selected patients with localized prostate cancer.
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- Ahmet Murat Aydin
- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of , Department of , Diagnostic Imaging, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of , Anatomic Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Departments of , Department of , Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Morris MJ, Carroll PR, Saperstein L, Pouliot F, Josephson D, Wong JY, Pantel AR, Cho SY, Gage K, Piert M, Iagaru A, Pollard JH, Wong V, Jensen JD, Stambler N, Gorin MA, Siegel B. Impact of PSMA-targeted imaging with 18F-DCFPyL-PET/CT on clinical management of patients (pts) with biochemically recurrent (BCR) prostate cancer (PCa): Results from a phase III, prospective, multicenter study (CONDOR). J Clin Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.5501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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5501 Background: Current imaging modalities are inadequate for localizing and characterizing occult disease in men with BCR PCa, particularly in pts with low PSAs (<2 ng/mL). There is a need for improved diagnostic imaging to better inform treatment planning. 18F-DCFPyL (PyL) is a novel PET imaging agent that binds selectively with high affinity to PSMA, which is overexpressed in PCa cells. Methods: Men ≥18 years- with rising PSA after definitive therapy and negative or equivocal standard of care imaging (e.g., CT/MRI, bone scintigraphy) were enrolled. A single 9 mCi (333 MBq) ± 20% dose of PyL was injected, followed by PET/CT 1-2 hours later. Primary endpoint was correct localization rate (CLR), defined as percentage of pts with a 1:1 correspondence between at least one lesion identified by PyL-PET/CT and the composite standard of truth: pathology, correlative imaging, or PSA response. The trial was successful if the lower bound of the 95% confidence interval (LLCI) for CLR exceeded 20% for two of three independent, blinded central PyL-PET/CT reviewers. The secondary endpoint, impact of PyL-PET/CT on clinical management of pts was based on the treating physician’s documented clinical plans before and after PyL-PET/CT. Results: 208 men (median PSA 0.8 [0.2 - 98.4] ng/mL) underwent PyL PET/CT. The study achieved its primary endpoint: CLR of 84.8% to 87.0% among the three PyL-PET/CT readers; the LLCI for CLR by all three reviewers was >77%. Here we report the clinical impact. Based on local radiology assessment, PSMA-avid lesion(s) were identified in 69.3% (142/208) of pts. 63.9% (131/205) had a change in intended management after PyL-PET/CT, of which 78.6% (103/131) were attributable to positive PyL finding(s) and 21.4% (28/131) to negative PyL scans. Changes included: salvage local therapy to systemic therapy (n=58); observation before initiating therapy (n=49); noncurative systemic therapy to salvage local therapy (n=43); and planned treatment to observation (n=9). PyL was well tolerated with one drug-related SAE (hypersensitivity) and the most common AE being headache (n=4; 1.9%). Conclusions: PSMA-targeted PyL-PET/CT detected and localized occult disease in most men with BCR presenting with negative or equivocal conventional imaging. PyL-PET/CT led to changed management plans in the majority of pts, thus providing evidence that clinicians find PSMA PET imaging useful in men with recurrent or suspected metastatic PCa. Clinical trial information: NCT03739684 .
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- Dept. of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Cancer Research Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI
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- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., New York, NY
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- Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Siteman Cancer Center/Washington University, St. Louis, MO
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Lu H, Parra NA, Qi J, Gage K, Li Q, Fan S, Feuerlein S, Pow-Sang J, Gillies R, Choi JW, Balagurunathan Y. Repeatability of Quantitative Imaging Features in Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Front Oncol 2020; 10:551. [PMID: 32457827 PMCID: PMC7221156 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background: Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) has emerged as a non-invasive modality to diagnose and monitor prostate cancer. Quantitative metrics on the regions of abnormality have shown to be useful descriptors to discriminate clinically significant cancers. In this study, we evaluate the reproducibility of quantitative imaging features using repeated mpMRI on the same patients. Methods: We retrospectively obtained the deidentified records of patients, who underwent two mpMRI scans within 2 weeks of the first baseline scan. The patient records were obtained as deidentified data (including imaging), obtained through the TCIA (The Cancer Imaging Archive) repository and analyzed in our institution with an institutional review board-approved Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant retrospective study protocol. Indicated biopsied regions were used as a marker for our study radiologists to delineate the regions of interest. We extracted 307 quantitative features in each mpMRI modality [T2-weighted MR sequence image (T2w) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) with b values of 0 and 1,400 mm/s2] across the two sequential scans. Concordance correlation coefficients (CCCs) were computed on the features extracted from sequential scans. Redundant features were removed by computing the coefficient of determination (R 2) among them and replaced with a feature that had the highest dynamic range within intercorrelated groups. Results: We have assessed the reproducibility of quantitative imaging features among sequential scans and found that habitat region characterization improves repeatability in ADC maps. There were 19 T2w features and two ADC features in radiologist drawn regions (native raw image), compared to 18 T2w and 15 ADC features in habitat regions (sphere), which were reproducible (CCC ≥0.65) and non-redundant (R 2 ≥ 0.99). We also found that z-transformation of the images prior to feature extraction reduced the number of reproducible features with no detrimental effect. Conclusion: We have shown that there are quantitative imaging features that are reproducible across sequential prostate mpMRI acquisition at a preset level of filters. We also found that a habitat approach improves feature repeatability in ADC. A validated set of reproducible image features in mpMRI will allow us to develop clinically useful disease risk stratification, enabling the possibility of using imaging as a surrogate to invasive biopsies.
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- Hong Lu
- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical and Cancer Hospital, Tianjin, China
- Departments of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Departments of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Departments of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Departments of Diagnostic Imaging, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical and Cancer Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical and Cancer Hospital, Tianjin, China
- Departments of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Departments of Diagnostic Imaging, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Departments of Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Departments of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
- Departments of Diagnostic Imaging, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Departments of Diagnostic Imaging, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Departments of Diagnostic Imaging, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
- Departments of Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
- Departments of Bioinformatics & Biostatistics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
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Prostate cancer identification and assessment of clinical significance continues to be a challenge. Routine multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging has shown to be useful in assessing disease progression. Although dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging (DCE) has the ability to characterize perfusion across time and has shown enormous utility, radiological assessment (Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System or PIRADS version 2) has limited its use owing to lack of consistency and nonquantitative nature. In our work, we propose a systematic methodology to quantify perfusion dynamics for the DCE imaging. Using these metrics, 7 different subregions or perfusion habitats of the targeted lesions are localized and related to clinical significance. We found that quantitative features describing the habitat based on the late area under the DCE time-activity curve was a good predictor of clinical significance disease. The best predictive feature in the habitat had an AUC of 0.82, CI [0.81–0.83].
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- Departments of Cancer Physiology.,Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
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Li Q, Lu H, Choi J, Gage K, Feuerlein S, Pow-Sang JM, Gillies R, Balagurunathan Y. Radiological semantics discriminate clinically significant grade prostate cancer. Cancer Imaging 2019; 19:81. [PMID: 31796094 PMCID: PMC6889697 DOI: 10.1186/s40644-019-0272-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Background Identification of imaging traits to discriminate clinically significant prostate cancer is challenging due to the multi focal nature of the disease. The difficulty in obtaining a consensus by the Prostate Imaging and Data Systems (PI-RADS) scores coupled with disagreements in interpreting multi-parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mpMRI) has resulted in increased variability in reporting findings and evaluating the utility of this imaging modality in detecting clinically significant prostate cancer. This study assess the ability of radiological traits (semantics) observed on multi-parametric Magnetic Resonance images (mpMRI) to discriminate clinically significant prostate cancer. Methods We obtained multi-parametric MRI studies from 103 prostate cancer patients with 167 targeted biopsies from a single institution. The study was approved by our Institutional Review Board (IRB) for retrospective analysis. The biopsy location had been identified and marked by a clinical radiologist for targeted biopsy based on initial study interpretation. Using the target locations, two study radiologists independently re-evaluated the scans and scored 16 semantic traits on a point scale (up to 5 levels) based on mpMRI images. The semantic traits describe size, shape, and border characteristics of the prostate lesion, as well as presence of disease around lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy). We built a linear classifier model on these semantic traits and related to pathological outcome to identify clinically significant tumors (Gleason Score ≥ 7). The discriminatory ability of the predictors was tested using cross validation method randomly repeated and ensemble values were reported. We then compared the performance of semantic predictors with the PI-RADS predictors. Results We found several semantic features individually discriminated high grade Gleason score (ADC-intensity, Homogeneity, early-enhancement, T2-intensity and extraprostatic extention), these univariate predictors had an average area under the receiver operator characteristics (AUROC) ranging from 0.54 to 0.68. Multivariable semantic predictors with three features (ADC-intensity; T2-intensity, enhancement homogenicity) had an average AUROC of 0.7 [0.43, 0.94]. The PI-RADS based predictor had average AUROC of 0.6 [0.47, 0.75]. Conclusion We find semantics traits are related to pathological findings with relatively higher reproducibility between radiologists. Multivariable predictors formed on these traits shows higher discriminatory ability compared to PI-RADS scores.
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- Qian Li
- Department of Radiology, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.,Department of Cancer Physiology, H.Lee.Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.,Department of Cancer Physiology, H.Lee.Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, H.Lee.Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, H.Lee.Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of GenitoUrology, H.Lee.Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H.Lee.Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.,Department of Radiology, H.Lee.Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, H.Lee.Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA. .,Department of GenitoUrology, H.Lee.Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA. .,Quantitative Sciences, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H.Lee.Moffitt Cancer, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
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Evens A, Cyriac G, Jeong D, Araujo C, Gage K, Rose T. A Pictorial Essay of Immunotherapy: Complications that Internists Will See, Whether They Like it or Not. Am J Med 2019; 132:808-815. [PMID: 30849381 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Immunotherapy agents for treatment of cancer have been investigated for decades, but effective agents have only recently been identified and are increasingly being used in multiple cancer types. There is growing recognition of adverse side effects in multiple organ systems mediated by dysregulation of the immune system, which can be exacerbated by comorbidities often found in cancer patients such as chronic lung disease, diabetes, and hypertension. As a result, internists and other nononcology clinicians are routinely encountering immunotherapy patients who present with a remarkably wide range of symptoms. Here, we present the radiographic manifestations of common side effects from immunotherapy agents. An accurate diagnosis is critical in these often-complex clinical settings in which the consequences of the underlying cancer and other comorbidities must be distinguished from the variable manifestations of treatment toxicity.
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Fla
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Fla
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Fla
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Fla
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Parra NA, Lu H, Li Q, Stoyanova R, Pollack A, Punnen S, Choi J, Abdalah M, Lopez C, Gage K, Park JY, Kosj Y, Pow-Sang JM, Gillies RJ, Balagurunathan Y. Erratum: Predicting clinically significant prostate cancer using DCE-MRI habitat descriptors. Oncotarget 2019; 10:2113. [PMID: 31007853 PMCID: PMC6459347 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.26802] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- N. Andres Parra
- Department of Cancer Physiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
- Department of Radiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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Choi JW, Budzevich M, Wang S, Gage K, Estrella V, Gillies RJ. In vivo positron emission tomographic blood pool imaging in an immunodeficient mouse model using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose labeled human erythrocytes. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0211012. [PMID: 30682160 PMCID: PMC6347438 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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99m-Technetium-labeled (99mTc) erythrocyte imaging with planar scintigraphy is widely used for evaluating both patients with occult gastrointestinal bleeding and patients at risk for chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity. While a number of alternative radionuclide-based blood pool imaging agents have been proposed, none have yet to achieve widespread clinical use. Here, we present both in vitro and small animal in vivo imaging evidence that the high physiological expression of the glucose transporter GLUT1 on human erythrocytes allows uptake of the widely available radiotracer 2-deoxy-2-(18F)fluoro-D-glucose (FDG), at a rate and magnitude sufficient for clinical blood pool positron emission tomographic (PET) imaging. This imaging technique is likely to be amenable to rapid clinical translation, as it can be achieved using a simple FDG labeling protocol, requires a relatively small volume of phlebotomized blood, and can be completed within a relatively short time period. As modern PET scanners typically have much greater count detection sensitivities than that of commonly used clinical gamma scintigraphic cameras, FDG-labeled human erythrocyte PET imaging may not only have significant advantages over 99mTc-labeled erythrocyte imaging, but may have other novel blood pool imaging applications.
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- Jung W. Choi
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Diagnostic Imaging, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Department of Cancer Physiology, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Department of Cancer Physiology, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
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- University of South Florida, Department of Medical Engineering, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Diagnostic Imaging, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Department of Cancer Physiology, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Diagnostic Imaging, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Department of Cancer Physiology, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Program in Cancer Biology and Evolution, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
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Parra NA, Lu H, Li Q, Stoyanova R, Pollack A, Punnen S, Choi J, Abdalah M, Lopez C, Gage K, Park JY, Kosj Y, Pow-Sang JM, Gillies RJ, Balagurunathan Y. Predicting clinically significant prostate cancer using DCE-MRI habitat descriptors. Oncotarget 2018; 9:37125-37136. [PMID: 30647849 PMCID: PMC6324677 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.26437] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment continues to be a major public health challenge. The heterogeneity of the disease is one of the major factors leading to imprecise diagnosis and suboptimal disease management. The improved resolution of functional multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) has shown promise to improve detection and characterization of the disease. Regions that subdivide the tumor based on Dynamic Contrast Enhancement (DCE) of mpMRI are referred to as DCE-Habitats in this study. The DCE defined perfusion curve patterns on the identified tumor habitat region are used to assess clinical significance. These perfusion curves were systematically quantified using seven features in association with the patient biopsy outcome and classifier models were built to find the best discriminating characteristics between clinically significant and insignificant prostate lesions defined by Gleason score (GS). Multivariable analysis was performed independently on one institution and validated on the other, using a multi-parametric feature model, based on DCE characteristics and ADC features. The models had an intra institution Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (AUC) of 0.82. Trained on Institution I and validated on the cohort from Institution II, the AUC was also 0.82 (sensitivity 0.68, specificity 0.95).
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- N Andres Parra
- Department of Cancer Physiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.,Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.,Department of Radiation Oncology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Urology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.,Department of Radiology, H.L. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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López-Pérez AM, Gage K, Rubio AV, Montenieri J, Orozco L, Suzan G. Drivers of flea (Siphonaptera) community structure in sympatric wild carnivores in northwestern Mexico. J Vector Ecol 2018; 43:15-25. [PMID: 29757526 DOI: 10.1111/jvec.12278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Host identity, habitat type, season, and interspecific interactions were investigated as determinants of the community structure of fleas on wild carnivores in northwestern Mexico. A total of 540 fleas belonging to seven species was collected from 64 wild carnivores belonging to eight species. We found that the abundances of some flea species are explained by season and host identity. Pulex irritans and Echidnophaga gallinacea abundances were significantly higher in spring than in fall season. Flea communities on carnivore hosts revealed three clusters with a high degree of similarity within each group that was explained by the flea dominance of E. gallinacea, P. simulans, and P. irritans across host identity. Flea abundances did not differ statistically among habitat types. Finally, we found a negative correlation between the abundances of three flea species within wild carnivore hosts. Individual hosts with high loads of P. simulans males usually had significantly lower loads of P. irritans males or tend to have lower loads of E. gallinacea fleas and vice-versa. Additionally, the logistic regression model showed that the presence of P. simulans males is more likely to occur in wild carnivore hosts in which P. irritans males are absent and vice-versa. These results suggest that there is an apparent competitive exclusion among fleas on wild carnivores. The study of flea community structure on wild carnivores is important to identify the potential flea vectors for infectious diseases and provide information needed to design programs for human health and wildlife conservation.
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- Andrés M López-Pérez
- Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F., México
- Fundación para el Manejo y la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre FMCOVIS A.C. Ciudad de México, México
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, U.S.A
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, U.S.A
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- Fundación para el Manejo y la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre FMCOVIS A.C. Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F., México
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Permuth JB, Choi J, Balarunathan Y, Kim J, Chen DT, Chen L, Orcutt S, Doepker MP, Gage K, Zhang G, Latifi K, Hoffe S, Jiang K, Coppola D, Centeno BA, Magliocco A, Li Q, Trevino J, Merchant N, Gillies R, Malafa M. Combining radiomic features with a miRNA classifier may improve prediction of malignant pathology for pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. Oncotarget 2018; 7:85785-85797. [PMID: 27589689 PMCID: PMC5349874 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.11768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [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: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) are pancreatic cancer precursors incidentally discovered by cross-sectional imaging. Consensus guidelines for IPMN management rely on standard radiologic features to predict pathology, but they lack accuracy. Using a retrospective cohort of 38 surgically-resected, pathologically-confirmed IPMNs (20 benign; 18 malignant) with preoperative computed tomography (CT) images and matched plasma-based ‘miRNA genomic classifier (MGC)’ data, we determined whether quantitative ‘radiomic’ CT features (+/- the MGC) can more accurately predict IPMN pathology than standard radiologic features ‘high-risk’ or ‘worrisome’ for malignancy. Logistic regression, principal component analyses, and cross-validation were used to examine associations. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value (PPV, NPV) were estimated. The MGC, ‘high-risk,’ and ‘worrisome’ radiologic features had area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) values of 0.83, 0.84, and 0.54, respectively. Fourteen radiomic features differentiated malignant from benign IPMNs (p<0.05) and collectively had an AUC=0.77. Combining radiomic features with the MGC revealed an AUC=0.92 and superior sensitivity (83%), specificity (89%), PPV (88%), and NPV (85%) than other models. Evaluation of uncertainty by 10-fold cross-validation retained an AUC>0.80 (0.87 (95% CI:0.84-0.89)). This proof-of-concept study suggests a noninvasive radiogenomic approach may more accurately predict IPMN pathology than ‘worrisome’ radiologic features considered in consensus guidelines.
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- Jennifer B Permuth
- Cancer Epidemiology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA.,Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Cancer Imaging and Metabolism, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Clinical Surgery/Surgical Oncology, Palmetto Health/USC School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Cancer Imaging and Metabolism, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA.,Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Cancer Imaging and Metabolism, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA.,Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA.,Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Anatomic Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Anatomic Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Anatomic Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Anatomic Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Cancer Imaging and Metabolism, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA.,Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Cancer Imaging and Metabolism, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Echevarria M, Naghavi A, Abuodeh Y, Kilinski K, Pow-Sang J, Johnstone P, Fernandez D, Parikh N, Gage K, Yamoah K. MRI Heterogeneity in Prostate Cancer Predicts for Aggressive Pathology. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.1151] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Kosoy M, Reynolds P, Bai Y, Sheff K, Enscore RE, Montenieri J, Ettestad P, Gage K. Small-Scale Die-Offs in Woodrats Support Long-Term Maintenance of Plague in the U.S. Southwest. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2017; 17:635-644. [PMID: 28792853 PMCID: PMC5576196 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2017.2142] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Our longitudinal study of plague dynamics was conducted in north-central New Mexico to identify which species in the community were infected with plague, to determine the spatial and temporal patterns of the dynamics of plague epizootics, and to describe the dynamics of Yersinia pestis infection within individual hosts. A total of 3156 fleas collected from 535 small mammals of 8 species were tested for Y. pestis DNA. Nine fleas collected from six southern plains woodrats (Neotoma micropus) and from one rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus) were positive for the pla gene of Y. pestis. None of 127 fleas collected from 17 woodrat nests was positive. Hemagglutinating antibodies to the Y. pestis-specific F1 antigen were detected in 11 rodents of 6 species. All parts of the investigated area were subjected to local disappearance of woodrats. Despite the active die-offs, some woodrats always were present within the relatively limited endemic territory and apparently were never exposed to plague. Our observations suggest that small-scale die-offs in woodrats can support maintenance of plague in the active U.S. Southwestern focus.
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- Michael Kosoy
- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado
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- New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado
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López-Pérez AM, Osikowicz L, Bai Y, Montenieri J, Rubio A, Moreno K, Gage K, Suzán G, Kosoy M. Prevalence and Phylogenetic Analysis of Bartonella Species of Wild Carnivores and Their Fleas in Northwestern Mexico. Ecohealth 2017; 14:116-129. [PMID: 28197898 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-017-1216-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Revised: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The host-parasite-vector relationship of Bartonella spp. system in wild carnivores and their fleas from northwestern Mexico was investigated. Sixty-six carnivores belonging to eight species were sampled, and 285 fleas belonging to three species were collected during spring (April-May) and fall (October-November) seasons. We detected Bartonella species in 7 carnivores (10.6%) and 27 fleas (9.5%) through either blood culture or PCR. Of the 27 Bartonella-positive fleas, twenty-two were Pulex simulans, three were Pulex irritans and one was Echidnophaga gallinacea. The gltA gene and ITS region sequences alignment revealed six and eight genetic variants of Bartonella spp., respectively. These variants were clustered into Bartonella rochalimae, Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and another genotype, which likely represents a novel species of Bartonella spp. Although experimental infection studies are required to prove the vector role of P. simulans, our results suggest that this flea may play an important role in the Bartonella transmission. The results indicated possible host-specific relationships between Bartonella genotypes and the families of the carnivores, but further studies are needed to verify this finding. The presence of zoonotic species of Bartonella spp. in wild carnivores raises the issue of their potential risk for humans in fragmented ecosystems.
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- A M López-Pérez
- Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, C.P. 04510, Ciudad de México, México
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, C.P. 04510, Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, C.P. 04510, Ciudad de México, México
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, C.P. 04510, Ciudad de México, México.
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Ari TB, Gershunov A, Tristan R, Cazelles B, Gage K, Stenseth NC. Interannual variability of human plague occurrence in the Western United States explained by tropical and North Pacific Ocean climate variability. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2010; 83:624-32. [PMID: 20810830 PMCID: PMC2929061 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Plague is a vector-borne, highly virulent zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It persists in nature through transmission between its hosts (wild rodents) and vectors (fleas). During epizootics, the disease expands and spills over to other host species such as humans living in or close to affected areas. Here, we investigate the effect of large-scale climate variability on the dynamics of human plague in the western United States using a 56-year time series of plague reports (1950-2005). We found that El Niño Southern Oscillation and Pacific Decadal Oscillation in combination affect the dynamics of human plague over the western United States. The underlying mechanism could involve changes in precipitation and temperatures that impact both hosts and vectors. It is suggested that snow also may play a key role, possibly through its effects on summer soil moisture, which is known to be instrumental for flea survival and development and sustained growth of vegetation for rodents.
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- Tamara Ben Ari
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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Joyal JL, Barrett JA, Marquis JC, Chen J, Hillier SM, Maresca KP, Boyd M, Gage K, Nimmagadda S, Kronauge JF, Friebe M, Dinkelborg L, Stubbs JB, Stabin MG, Mairs R, Pomper MG, Babich JW. Preclinical evaluation of an 131I-labeled benzamide for targeted radiotherapy of metastatic melanoma. Cancer Res 2010; 70:4045-53. [PMID: 20442292 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-4414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Radiolabeled benzamides are attractive candidates for targeted radiotherapy of metastatic melanoma as they bind melanin and exhibit high tumor uptake and retention. One such benzamide, N-(2-diethylamino-ethyl)-4-(4-fluoro-benzamido)-5-iodo-2-methoxy-benzamide (MIP-1145), was evaluated for its ability to distinguish melanin-expressing from amelanotic human melanoma cells, and to specifically localize to melanin-containing tumor xenografts. The binding of [(131)I]MIP-1145 to melanoma cells in vitro was melanin dependent, increased over time, and insensitive to mild acid treatment, indicating that it was retained within cells. Cold carrier MIP-1145 did not reduce the binding, consistent with the high capacity of melanin binding of benzamides. In human melanoma xenografts, [(131)I]MIP-1145 exhibited diffuse tissue distribution and washout from all tissues except melanin-expressing tumors. Tumor uptake of 8.82% injected dose per gram (ID/g) was seen at 4 hours postinjection and remained at 5.91% ID/g at 24 hours, with tumor/blood ratios of 25.2 and 197, respectively. Single photon emission computed tomography imaging was consistent with tissue distribution results. The administration of [(131)I]MIP-1145 at 25 MBq or 2.5 GBq/m(2) in single or multiple doses significantly reduced SK-MEL-3 tumor growth, with multiple doses resulting in tumor regression and a durable response for over 125 days. To estimate human dosimetry, gamma camera imaging and pharmacokinetic analysis was performed in cynomolgus monkeys. The melanin-specific binding of [(131)I]MIP-1145 combined with prolonged tumor retention, the ability to significantly inhibit tumor growth, and acceptable projected human dosimetry suggest that it may be effective as a radiotherapeutic pharmaceutical for treating patients with metastatic malignant melanoma.
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- John L Joyal
- Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
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Gabastou JM, Proaño J, Vimos A, Jaramillo G, Hayes E, Gage K, Chu M, Guarner J, Zaki S, Bowers J, Guillemard C, Tamayo H, Ruiz A. An outbreak of plague including cases with probable pneumonic infection, Ecuador, 1998. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2000; 94:387-91. [PMID: 11127240 DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(00)90114-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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During February and March of 1998, 12 sudden deaths were reported among residents of a high-Andean community in Ecuador. All 12 fatalities were members of the same extended family and some had apparent exposure to sick guinea-pigs. Following an initial investigation by public health officials, an additional death was reported in a nearby community in April, also associated with exposure to sick guinea-pigs. Blood samples from humans, dogs, and a rodent were tested for antibody to the F1 antigen of Yersinia pestis by passive haemagglutination assay. Tissue from rodents was subjected to direct fluorescent antibody staining using fluorescein-labelled monoclonal antibody to Y. pestis F1 antigen. Formalin-fixed specimens from the 2 autopsies were evaluated using a 2-step alkaline phosphatase immunoassay with a monoclonal antibody to Y. pestis F1 antigen, and tissues that had not been embedded in paraffin were tested for the presence of DNA encoding the F1 structural antigen by polymerase chain reaction. Serological evaluation of close contacts of the fatalities revealed positive titres to F1 antigen of Y. pestis, the aetiological agent of plague, in 3 contacts from the first community and 1 from the second. Immunohistochemical staining of tissues collected from 2 of the fatalities provided evidence that both had pneumonic plague. Five of 14 dogs found in the communities were seropositive for plague antibody, providing evidence of a recent epizootic plague in the area.
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Wolf SL, Catlin PA, Gage K, Gurucharri K, Robertson R, Stephen K. Establishing the reliability and validity of measurements of walking time using the Emory Functional Ambulation Profile. Phys Ther 1999; 79:1122-33. [PMID: 10630281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Emory Functional Ambulation Profile (E-FAP) measures time to walk in different environments and accounts for use of assistive devices. This study assessed the reliability and validity of walking time measurements using these components. SUBJECTS Twenty-eight subjects who had strokes and 28 subjects without impairment were recruited. METHODS The E-FAP, Berg Balance Test, Functional Reach Test, and Timed 10-Meter Walk Test were administered in random order during a single data collection session. RESULTS Interrater reliability for the total E-FAP was > or = .997. Subjects without impairment performed better on all 4 tests than did subjects who had strokes. Increased times on the E-FAP correlated with poor performance on the Berg Balance Test and slow gait speeds on the Timed 10-Meter Walk Test in the subjects who had strokes. The E-FAP scores and the Functional Reach Test scores were not correlated. CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION The E-FAP can be administered easily and inexpensively. Because the E-FAP scores differentiated subject groups and correlated with known measures of function, the E-FAP may be a clinically useful measure of ambulation.
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- S L Wolf
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga., USA.
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Doll JM, Zeitz PS, Ettestad P, Bucholtz AL, Davis T, Gage K. Cat-transmitted fatal pneumonic plague in a person who traveled from Colorado to Arizona. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994; 51:109-14. [PMID: 8059908 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1994.51.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [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: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Plague, primarily a disease of rodents and their infected fleas, is fatal in 50% of infected humans if untreated. In the United States, human cases have been concentrated in the southwest. The most common modes of plague transmission are through flea bites or through contact with infected blood or tissues; however, primary pneumonic plague acquired from cats has become increasingly recognized. We report on the case investigation of a patient, presumably exposed to a plague-infected cat in Colorado, who presented with gastrointestinal symptoms, and subsequently died of primary pneumonic plague. Public health officials should be vigilant for plague activity in rodent populations, veterinarians should suspect feline plague in ill or deceased cats, and physicians should have a high index of suspicion for plague in any person who has traveled to plague enzootic areas.
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- J M Doll
- Vector and Zoonotic Control Section, Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix
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Kantrowitz A, Freed PS, Cardona RR, Gage K, Marinescu GN, Westveld AH, Litch B, Suzuki A, Hayakawa H, Takano T. Initial clinical trial of a closed loop, fully automatic intra-aortic balloon pump. ASAIO J 1992; 38:M617-21. [PMID: 1457934 DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199207000-00110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 12/27/2022] Open
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A new generation, closed loop, fully automatic intraaortic balloon pump (CL-IABP) system continuously optimizes diastolic augmentation by adjusting balloon pump parameters beat by beat without operator intervention. In dogs in sinus rhythm and with experimentally induced arrhythmias, the new CL-IABP system provided safe, effective augmentation. To investigate the system's suitability for clinical use, 10 patients meeting standard indications for IABP were studied. The patients were pumped by the fully automatic IABP system for an average of 20 hr (range, 1-48 hr). At start-up, the system optimized pumping parameters within 7-20 sec. Evaluation of 186 recordings made at hourly intervals showed that inflation began within 20 msec of the dicrotic notch 99% of the time. In 100% of the recordings, deflation straddled the first half of ventricular ejection. Peak pressure across the balloon membrane averaged 55 mmHg and, in no case, exceeded 100 mmHg. Examination of the data showed that as soon as the system was actuated it provided consistently beneficial diastolic augmentation without any further operator intervention. Eight patients improved and two died (one of irreversible cardiogenic shock and one of ischemic cardiomyopathy). No complications were attributable to the investigational aspects of the system. A fully automated IABP is feasible in the clinical setting, and it may have advantages relative to current generation IABP systems.
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In reviewing the early development of institutional transference, the concept was defined as the patient's identifying the treatment relationship with a clinic rather than with an individual therapist and a form of "distancing." More recently, the literature reflects a debate about whether the phenomenon is an outcome of patients' inability to maintain an individual relationship or their adaptation to changing therapists within a clinic over time. In our clinical experience, we have observed that institutional transference is strongly associated with the clinical outcome. In the clinical examples, we demonstrated that being aware of the potential for institutional transference and allowing it to develop can facilitate the development of a more trusting relationship between the patient and clinic staff. Institutional transference can coexist with individual transference and help facilitate rather than hinder the development of a therapeutic relationship. In our experience, the sense of a relationship with the clinic or treatment center is an important aspect of care. Therefore, recognizing institutional transference enables the clinician to pace the development of the relationship with the patient.
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- K Gage
- Portland Veterans Affairs Mental Health Clinic, Oregon
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Alvarez S, Shell C, Gage K, Guarderas J, Kasprzyk D, Besing J, Berk SL. An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus eradicated from a large teaching hospital. Am J Infect Control 1985; 13:115-21. [PMID: 3849270 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-6553(85)80012-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Bacteremic group G streptococcal pneumonia occurred in a patient with premyelogenous leukemia and porphyria cutanea tarda. Group G streptococci have been recognized as a cause of endocarditis, septic arthritis, puerperal sepsis, and cellulitis. The organism has not previously been implicated as a pneumonic pathogen in adults. Group G streptococcal infection may be more common than previously reported, and is likely to cause infection in patients with underlying malignancy.
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Coto H, Gage K, Ekenna O, Berk SL. Bacteremic group G streptococcal septic arthritis. J Tenn Med Assoc 1982; 75:594-596. [PMID: 7176636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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