Clinical predictors and algorithm for the genetic diagnosis of pheochromocytoma patients

Z Erlic, L Rybicki, M Peczkowska, H Golcher… - Clinical Cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Purpose: Six pheochromocytoma susceptibility genes causing distinct syndromes have
been identified; approximately one of three of all pheochromocytoma patients carry a …

Symptom clusters: myth or reality?

A Aktas, D Walsh, L Rybicki - Palliative medicine, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Clinical experience suggests that many symptoms occur together. In this paper, we examine
the rationale and evidence base for symptom clusters in different medical fields, particularly …

Lifetime Cancer Risks in Individuals with Germline PTEN Mutations

MH Tan, JL Mester, J Ngeow, LA Rybicki, MS Orloff… - Clinical Cancer …, 2012 - AACR
Purpose: Age-adjusted cancer incidence and age-related penetrance studies have helped
guide cancer risk assessment and management. PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) …

The symptoms of advanced cancer: relationship to age, gender, and performance status in 1,000 patients

D Walsh, S Donnelly, L Rybicki - Supportive care in cancer, 2000 - Springer
A multivariate analysis of the data was conducted to evaluate the effects of age, gender, and
performance status on symptom profile. A comprehensive prospective analysis of symptoms …

Having children after cancer: A pilot survey of survivors' attitudes and experiences

LR Schover, LA Rybicki, BA Martin, KA Bringelsen - Cancer, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Although the prevalence of infertility after cancer treatment and the health of
the offspring of survivors have been studied, little information has been available about …

Esophageal carcinoma: depth of tumor invasion is predictive of regional lymph node status

TW Rice, G Zuccaro Jr, DJ Adelstein, LA Rybicki… - The Annals of thoracic …, 1998 - Elsevier
Background. The depth of tumor invasion (T) and regional lymph node status (N) are two
factors that define the stage of an esophageal carcinoma. However, the arrangement of …

Enteral nutrition during the treatment of head and neck carcinoma: is a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube preferable to a nasogastric tube?

TM Mekhail, DJ Adelstein, LA Rybicki… - … Journal of the …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Multimodality treatments for patients with squamous cell head and neck
carcinoma often produce significant mucositis and dysphagia, mandating enteral nutritional …

[PDF][PDF] A clinical scoring system for selection of patients for PTEN mutation testing is proposed on the basis of a prospective study of 3042 probands

MH Tan, J Mester, C Peterson, Y Yang, JL Chen… - The American Journal of …, 2011 - cell.com
Cowden syndrome (CS) and Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome are allelic, defined by
germline PTEN mutations, and collectively referred to as PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: assessment of variability in pathologic interpretations.

ZM Younossi, T Gramlich, YC Liu… - Modern pathology: an …, 1998 - europepmc.org
The exact cause, prevalence, and rate of progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD) are unclear because of a lack of agreement on the pathologic features associated …

[HTML][HTML] Clinicopathologic and molecular features of sporadic early-onset colorectal adenocarcinoma: an adenocarcinoma with frequent signet ring cell differentiation …

DT Chang, RK Pai, LA Rybicki, MA Dimaio, M Limaye… - Modern Pathology, 2012 - Elsevier
Recent literature suggests an increasing incidence of colorectal carcinoma in young
patients. We performed a histologic, molecular, and immunophenotypic analysis of patients …