Browsing by Author "Gray, Robert"

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    Examining allostatic load, neighborhood socioeconomic status, symptom burden and mortality in multiple myeloma patients
    (Springer, 2022-04-01) Obeng-Gyasi, Samilia; Graham, Noah; Kumar, Shaji; Lee, Ju-Whei; Jacobus, Susanna; Weiss, Matthias; Cella, David; Zhao, Fengmin; Ip, Edward H.; O’Connell, Nathaniel; Hong, Fangxin; Peipert, Devin J.; Gareen, IIana F.; Timsina, Lava R.; Gray, Robert; Wagner, Lynne I.; Carlos, Ruth C.; Surgery, School of Medicine
    The objective of this study is to examine the association between neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) and baseline allostatic load (AL) and clinical trial endpoints in patients enrolled in the E1A11 therapeutic trial in multiple myeloma (MM). Study endpoints were symptom burden (pain, fatigue, and bother) at baseline and 5.5 months, non-completion of induction therapy, overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Multivariable logistic and Cox regression examined associations between nSES, AL and patient outcomes. A 1-unit increase in baseline AL was associated with greater odds of high fatigue at baseline (adjusted OR [95% CI] = 1.21 [1.08–1.36]) and a worse OS (adjusted hazard ratio, [95% CI] = 1.21 [1.06–1.37]). High nSES was associated with worse baseline bother (middle OR = 4.22 [1.11–16.09] and high 4.49 [1.16–17.43]) compared to low nSES. There was no association between AL or nSES and symptom burden at 5.5 months, non-completion of induction therapy or PFS. Additionally, there was no association between nSES and OS. AL may have utility as a predictive marker for OS among patients with MM and may allow individualization of treatment. Future studies should standardize and validate AL patients with MM.
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    Surgical Excision Without Radiation for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast: 12-Year Results From the ECOG-ACRIN E5194 Study
    (American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2015) Solin, Lawrence J.; Gray, Robert; Hughes, Lorie L.; Wood, William C.; Lowen, Mary Ann; Badve, Sunil S.; Baehner, Frederick L.; Ingle, James N.; Perez, Edith A.; Recht, Abram; Sparano, Joseph A.; Davidson, Nancy E.; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
    Purpose To determine the 12-year risk of developing an ipsilateral breast event (IBE) for women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast treated with surgical excision (lumpectomy) without radiation. Patients and Methods A prospective clinical trial was performed for women with DCIS who were selected for low-risk clinical and pathologic characteristics. Patients were enrolled onto one of two study cohorts (not randomly assigned): cohort 1: low- or intermediate-grade DCIS, tumor size 2.5 cm or smaller (n = 561); or cohort 2: high-grade DCIS, tumor size 1 cm or smaller (n = 104). Protocol specifications included excision of the DCIS tumor with a minimum negative margin width of at least 3 mm. Tamoxifen (not randomly assigned) was given to 30% of the patients. An IBE was defined as local recurrence of DCIS or invasive carcinoma in the treated breast. Median follow-up time was 12.3 years. Results There were 99 IBEs, of which 51 (52%) were invasive. The IBE and invasive IBE rates increased over time in both cohorts. The 12-year rates of developing an IBE were 14.4% for cohort 1 and 24.6% for cohort 2 (P = .003). The 12-year rates of developing an invasive IBE were 7.5% and 13.4%, respectively (P = .08). On multivariable analysis, study cohort and tumor size were both significantly associated with developing an IBE (P = .009 and P = .03, respectively). Conclusion For patients with DCIS selected for favorable clinical and pathologic characteristics and treated with excision without radiation, the risks of developing an IBE and an invasive IBE increased through 12 years of follow-up, without plateau. These data help inform the treatment decision-making process for patients and their physicians.
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    Tumor infiltrating lymphocyte stratification of prognostic staging of early-stage triple negative breast cancer
    (Springer Nature, 2022-01-11) Loi, Sherene; Salgado, Roberto; Adams, Sylvia; Pruneri, Giancarlo; Francis, Prudence A.; Lacroix-Triki, Magali; Joensuu, Heikki; Dieci, Maria Vittoria; Badve, Sunil; Demaria, Sandra; Gray, Robert; Munzone, Elisabetta; Drubay, Damien; Lemonnier, Jerome; Sotiriou, Christos; Kellokumpu-Lehtinen, Pirkko Liisa; Vingiani, Andrea; Gray, Kathryn; André, Fabrice; Denkert, Carsten; Piccart, Martine; Roblin, Elvire; Michiels, Stefan; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
    The importance of integrating biomarkers into the TNM staging has been emphasized in the 8th Edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging system. In a pooled analysis of 2148 TNBC-patients in the adjuvant setting, TILs are found to strongly up and downstage traditional pathological-staging in the Pathological and Clinical Prognostic Stage Groups from the AJJC 8th edition Cancer Staging System. This suggest that clinical and research studies on TNBC should take TILs into account in addition to stage, as for example patients with stage II TNBC and high TILs have a better outcome than patients with stage I and low TILs.
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    Tumor infiltrating lymphocyte stratification of prognostic staging of early-stage triple negative breast cancer
    (Springer, 2022-01-11) Loi, Sherene; Salgado, Roberto; Adams, Sylvia; Pruneri, Giancarlo; Francis, Prudence A.; Lacroix-Triki, Magali; Joensuu, Heikki; Dieci, Maria Vittoria; Badve, Sunil; Demaria, Sandra; Gray, Robert; Munzone, Elisabetta; Drubay, Damien; Lemonnier, Jerome; Sotiriou, Christos; Kellokumpu-Lehtinen, Pirkko Liisa; Vingiani, Andrea; Gray, Kathryn; André, Fabrice; Denkert, Carsten; Piccart, Martine; Roblin, Elvire; Michiels , Stefan; Surgery, School of Medicine
    The importance of integrating biomarkers into the TNM staging has been emphasized in the 8th Edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging system. In a pooled analysis of 2148 TNBC-patients in the adjuvant setting, TILs are found to strongly up and downstage traditional pathological-staging in the Pathological and Clinical Prognostic Stage Groups from the AJJC 8th edition Cancer Staging System. This suggest that clinical and research studies on TNBC should take TILs into account in addition to stage, as for example patients with stage II TNBC and high TILs have a better outcome than patients with stage I and low TILs.