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  • Sarcoma microenvironment cell states and ecosystems are associated with prognosis and predict response to immunotherapy. Nature cancer Subramanian, A., Nemat-Gorgani, N., Ellis-Caleo, T. J., van IJzendoorn, D. G., Sears, T. J., Somani, A., Luca, B. A., Zhou, M. Y., Bradic, M., Torres, I. A., Oladipo, E., New, C., Kenney, D. E., Avedian, R. S., Steffner, R. J., Binkley, M. S., Mohler, D. G., Tap, W. D., D'Angelo, S. P., van de Rijn, M., Ganjoo, K. N., Bui, N. Q., Charville, G. W., Newman, A. M., Moding, E. J. 2024

    Abstract

    Characterization of the diverse malignant and stromal cell states that make up soft tissue sarcomas and their correlation with patient outcomes has proven difficult using fixed clinical specimens. Here, we employed EcoTyper, a machine-learning framework, to identify the fundamental cell states and cellular ecosystems that make up sarcomas on a large scale using bulk transcriptomes with clinical annotations. We identified and validated 23 sarcoma-specific, transcriptionally defined cell states, many of which were highly prognostic of patient outcomes across independent datasets. We discovered three conserved cellular communities or ecotypes associated with underlying genomic alterations and distinct clinical outcomes. We show that one ecotype defined by tumor-associated macrophages and epithelial-like malignant cells predicts response to immune-checkpoint inhibition but not chemotherapy and validate our findings in an independent cohort. Our results may enable identification of patients with soft tissue sarcomas who could benefit from immunotherapy and help develop new therapeutic strategies.

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s43018-024-00743-y

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  • Patient-reported outcome measurement implementation in cancer survivors: a systematic review. Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice Singhal, S., Dickerson, J., Glover, M. J., Roy, M., Chiu, M., Ellis-Caleo, T., Hui, G., Tamayo, C., Loecher, N., Wong, H. N., Heathcote, L. C., Schapira, L. 2022

    Abstract

    Patient-reported outcome measurements (PROMs) are increasingly used for cancer patients receiving active treatment, but little is known about the implementation and usefulness of PROMs in cancer survivorship care. This systematic review evaluates how cancer survivors and healthcare providers (HCPs) perceive PROM implementation in survivorship care, and how PROM implementation impacts cancer survivors' health outcomes.We systematically searched PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from database inception to February 2022 to identify randomized and nonrandomized studies of PROM implementation in cancer survivors.Based on prespecified eligibility criteria, we included 29 studies that reported on 26 unique PROMs. The studies were heterogeneous in study design, PROM instrument, patient demographics, and outcomes. Several studies found that cancer survivors and HCPs had favorable impressions of the utility of PROMs, and a few studies demonstrated that PROM implementation led to improvements in patient quality of life (QoL), with small to moderate effect sizes.We found implementation of PROMs in cancer survivorship care improved health outcomes for select patient populations. Future research is needed to assess the real-world utility of PROM integration into clinical workflows and the impact of PROMs on measurable health outcomes.Cancer survivors accepted PROMs. When successfully implemented, PROMs can improve health outcomes after completion of active treatment. We identify multiple avenues to strengthen PROM implementation to support cancer survivors.

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s11764-022-01216-w

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  • The role of ramucirumab with docetaxel in epidermal growth factor receptor mutant and wild-type non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of thoracic disease Ellis-Caleo, T., Neal, J. W. 2021; 13 (8): 4864-4871

    Abstract

    Ramucirumab paired with docetaxel extends progression free survival and overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following progression on platinum therapy. There is some data that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutant disease would respond better to vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) therapy than EGFR wild type disease.This retrospective, single-institution cohort study reports outcomes of patients who received docetaxel with or without ramucirumab according to EGFR status. Clinical data including age, performance status, metastatic burden and prior treatment history was obtained and reported with time on treatment and overall survival as primary endpoints. Data analysis was performed for three cohorts: EGFR mutant disease receiving docetaxel and ramucirumab (EGFR-doce/ram), EGFR mutant disease receiving docetaxel alone (EGFR-doce) and EGFR wild type disease receiving docetaxel and ramucirumab (WT-doce/ram).Patients in the EGFR-doce/ram cohort had a median time on docetaxel of 1.4 months (95% CI: 0.72-5.2 months) and of 0.8 months (95% CI: 0.2-6.5 months) on ramucirumab. Patients in the EGFR-doce cohort were on docetaxel for a median 1.4 months (95% CI: 0.9-2.4 months). Patients in the WT-doce/ram cohort had a median time on docetaxel of 2.3 months (95% CI: 1.6-4.1 months) and on ramucirumab of 1.4 months (95% CI: 0.8-3.2 months). There was no significant difference between time on ramucirumab or docetaxel between the cohorts. Overall survival for the three cohorts was noted to be 6.7 months (95% CI: 2.5-16.2 months) for the EGFR-doce/ram cohort, 4.9 months (95% CI: 4.2-12.5 months) for the EGFR-doce cohort and 6.6 months (95% CI: 4.3-12.8 months) for the WT-doce/ram cohort. There was no significant difference in overall survival between the cohorts.Our data did not support the initial hypothesis that patients with EGFR mutant disease would do better with the addition of ramucirumab. Our study was limited by small sample size, retrospective nature and inability to control for confounders including prior bevacizumab or immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) exposure. This study offers real-world estimates to clinicians and patients about the length of time they can expect to derive benefit from the combination of ramucirumab and docetaxel.

    View details for DOI 10.21037/jtd-21-557

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  • A SURPRISING CAUSE OF SUB-ACUTE ABDOMINAL SYMPTOMS DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC Ellis-Caleo, T. J., Yecies, E. B. SPRINGER. 2021: S372-S373

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  • High-profile studies frequently and repetitively present data on the same patients, particularly in immunotherapy studies. Journal of thoracic disease Ellis-Caleo, T., Lisberg, A., Tucker, D. A., Garon, E. B. 2018; 10 (Suppl 3): S397-S403

    Abstract

    Traditionally, study results have been presented as abstracts at major scientific meetings at the conclusion of the analysis. Recently, presentations of studies in progress and updates to previously presented data have been allowed at major meetings. The frequency and implications of a single study being presented multiple times, particularly in high profile oral presentations, have not been fully evaluated.To identify studies presented multiple times, abstracts from an approximately 1-year period from international conferences for three major societies devoted largely or in part to lung cancer research were assessed (ASCO 2015, World Lung 2015, ESMO 2015 and ASCO 2016). Abstracts were selected in a two-step process. The first step was for subject matter based on keywords: non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), small cell lung cancer (SCLC) or immunotherapy. Searches differed slightly based on individual website functionality, with ASCO searched by track, World Lung by session and ESMO by individual abstract. In a second step, abstracts for which clinical outcome data was presented from a trial with an identifiable National Clinical Trial (NCT) number were selected. Immunotherapy abstracts that did not include the treatment of NSCLC or SCLC were excluded in the second step.A total of 851 abstracts were identified that were related to NSCLC, SCLC or immunotherapy. Of these, 357 referred to a clinical trial. In total, 110 of 357 (31%) described clinical trials that were presented multiple times (mean 2.75, range 2-7), and in 44 (12%), this occurred at the same conference. Of the 113 oral presentations, 75 (66%) presented data from clinical trials, either as posters or oral presentations. Further, 35 of the 113 (31%) oral presentations presented data from clinical trials that had generated other oral presentations. Of the 16 unique clinical trials leading to multiple oral presentations, a variety of issues led to the duplicate presentations, including different cohorts of the same trial, biomarker analysis, analysis by one study variable, or simply updated data. Moreover, 107 of the 357 (30%) clinical trial abstracts pertained to immunotherapy, including 4 of the 16 clinical trials generating multiple oral presentations. Of the 16 trials generating multiple oral presentations, 11 (69%) lead to a full-length publication by July 2017, including all of those pertaining to immunotherapy.There is a pattern of multiple presentations of clinical trials, particularly in oral presentations, at major meetings. In most cases, data presented in subsequent oral presentations related entirely to patients whose data was presented in the previous oral presentation.

    View details for DOI 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.110

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  • Imaging and Pathology Correlations for Different Risk Stratification Models for Intermediate-risk Prostate Cancer. Anticancer research Ellis-Caleo, T., Hegde, J. V., Batth, S., Mesko, S., Reiter, R., Margolis, D., Kamrava, M. 2017; 37 (3): 1237-1242

    Abstract

    We evaluated whether sub-stratifying intermediate-risk (IR) prostate cancer using the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer (MSKCC) or Prostate Cancer Risk Stratification (ProCaRS) model predicts for adverse imaging or pathologic features.56 consecutive IR patients who underwent multi-parametric MRI (mpMRI) and radical prostatectomy (RP) were studied. The different groups were tested for correlation with adverse findings. 2-sample T-tests assuming unequal variance were used.On mpMRI the MSKCC unfavorable group had higher index lesion suspicion scores (p=0.044), while the ProCaRS model showed a higher maximum tumor diameter (MTD) in the high-risk group (p=0.047). At RP, a higher pathologic MTD (23.3 vs. 17.6 mm, p=0.005) was present in the MSKCC unfavorable group as well as the ProCaRS high vs. low group (26.6 vs. 19.3 mm, p=0.022).Both models demonstrated a correlation with higher MTD for unfavorable IR patients. This is likely a driver of worse clinical outcomes.

    View details for DOI 10.21873/anticanres.11439

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  • Density Functional Theory of MH-MOH Solid Solubility (M = Alkali) and Experiments in NaH-NaOH JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C Wang, G., Carr, C. L., Zhao, D., Sorte, E. G., Ellis-Caleo, T., Conradi, M. S., Bowman, R. C., Majzoub, E. H. 2015; 119 (15): 8062-8069

    View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01134

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  • NMR Study of Anion Dynamics in Solid KAlH<sub>4</sub> JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C Sorte, E. G., Emery, S. B., Majzoub, E. H., Ellis-Caleo, T., Ma, Z. L., Hammann, B. A., Hayes, S. E., Bowman, R. C., Conradi, M. S. 2014; 118 (11): 5725-5732

    View details for DOI 10.1021/jp5001978

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  • Effects of NaOH in Solid NaH: Solution/Segregation Phase Transition and Diffusion Acceleration JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C Sorte, E. G., Majzoub, E. H., Ellis-Caleo, T., Hammann, B. A., Wang, G., Zhao, D., Bowman, R. C., Conradi, M. S. 2013; 117 (45): 23575-23581

    View details for DOI 10.1021/jp4093892

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