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Francis Spitz

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Jin Ra; E Carter Paulson; John C Kucharczuk; Katrina A Armstrong; Christopher Wirtalla; Rachel Rapaport-Kelz; Larry R Kaiser; Francis R Spitz
Postoperative mortality after esophagectomy for cancer: development of a preoperative risk prediction model.
Giorgos C Karakousis; Phyllis A Gimotty; Brian J Czerniecki; David E Elder; Rosalie Elenitsas; Michael E Ming; Douglas L Fraker; DuPont Guerry; Francis R Spitz
Regional nodal metastatic disease is the strongest predictor of survival in patients with thin vertical growth phase melanomas: a case for SLN Staging biopsy in these patients.
Phyllis A Gimotty; David E Elder; Douglas L Fraker; Jeffrey Botbyl; Kimberly Sellers; Rosalie Elenitsas; Michael E Ming; Lynn Schuchter; Francis R Spitz; Brian J Czerniecki; DuPont Guerry
Identification of high-risk patients among those diagnosed with thin cutaneous melanomas.

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2008: Jin Ra; E Carter Paulson; John C Kucharczuk; Katrina A Armstrong; Christopher Wirtalla; Rachel Rapaport-Kelz; Larry R Kaiser; Francis R Spitz
Postoperative mortality after esophagectomy for cancer: development of a preoperative risk prediction model.
Annals of surgical oncology 2008;15(6):1577-84.
2007: Giorgos C Karakousis; Phyllis A Gimotty; Brian J Czerniecki; David E Elder; Rosalie Elenitsas; Michael E Ming; Douglas L Fraker; DuPont Guerry; Francis R Spitz
Regional nodal metastatic disease is the strongest predictor of survival in patients with thin vertical growth phase melanomas: a case for SLN Staging biopsy in these patients.
Annals of surgical oncology 2007;14(5):1596-603.
2007: Phyllis A Gimotty; David E Elder; Douglas L Fraker; Jeffrey Botbyl; Kimberly Sellers; Rosalie Elenitsas; Michael E Ming; Lynn Schuchter; Francis R Spitz; Brian J Czerniecki; DuPont Guerry
Identification of high-risk patients among those diagnosed with thin cutaneous melanomas.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2007;25(9):1129-34.
2007: Brian J Czerniecki; Gary K Koski; Ursula Koldovsky; Shuwen Xu; Peter A Cohen; Rosemarie Mick; Harvey Nisenbaum; Terry Pasha; Min Xu; Kevin R Fox; Susan Weinstein; Susan G Orel; Robert H Vonderheide; George Coukos; Angela DeMichele; Louis Araujo; Francis R Spitz; Mark Rosen; Bruce L Levine; Carl H June; Paul J Zhang
Targeting HER-2/neu in early breast cancer development using dendritic cells with staged interleukin-12 burst secretion.
Cancer research 2007;67(4):1842-52.
2007: Wei Jiang; Peter J Mikochik; Jin Hee Ra; Hanqin Lei; Keith T Flaherty; Jeffrey D Winkler; Francis R Spitz
HIV protease inhibitor nelfinavir inhibits growth of human melanoma cells by induction of cell cycle arrest.
Cancer research 2007;67(3):1221-7.
2006: Laura L Kruper; Francis R Spitz; Brian J Czerniecki; Douglas L Fraker; Anne Blackwood-Chirchir; Michael E Ming; David E Elder; Rosalie Elenitsas; DuPont Guerry; Phyllis A Gimotty
Predicting sentinel node status in AJCC stage I/II primary cutaneous melanoma.
Cancer 2006;107(10):2436-45.
2006: Tianqian Zhang; Rajasekharan Somasundaram; Carola Berking; Laura Caputo; Patricia Van Belle; David E Elder; Brian J Czerniecki; Susan Hotz; Lynn Schuchter; Francis R Spitz; Klara Berencsi; Pyapalli Rani; Francesco M Marincola; Ruihua Qiu; Dorothee Herlyn
Preferential involvement of CX chemokine receptor 4 and CX chemokine ligand 12 in T-cell migration toward melanoma cells.
Cancer biology & therapy 2006;5(10):1304-12.
2006: Susan Kesmodel; Robert Canter; Kyla P Terhune; Todd W. Bauer; Rosemarie Mick; Ernest F Rosato; Francis R Spitz; Douglas L Fraker; Abass Alavi; Brian J Czerniecki
Use of radiotracer for sentinel lymph node mapping in breast cancer optimizes staging independent of site of administration.
Clinical nuclear medicine 2006;31(9):527-33.
2006: Stephen M Hahn; Douglas L Fraker; Rosemarie Mick; James Metz; Theresa M Busch; Debbie Smith; Timothy Zhu; Carmen Rodriguez; Andreea Dimofte; Francis R Spitz; Mary E Putt; Stephen C Rubin; Chandrakala Menon; Hsing-Wen Wang; Daniel Shin; Arjun G Yodh; Eli Glatstein
A phase II trial of intraperitoneal photodynamic therapy for patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis and sarcomatosis.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2006;12(8):2517-25.
2006: Giorgos C Karakousis; Phyllis A Gimotty; Jeffrey Botbyl; Susan Kesmodel; David E Elder; Rosalie Elenitsas; Michael E Ming; DuPont Guerry; Douglas L Fraker; Brian J Czerniecki; Francis R Spitz
Predictors of regional nodal disease in patients with thin melanomas.
Annals of surgical oncology 2006;13(4):533-41.
2006: Jin Hee Ra; Kelly M McMasters; Francis R Spitz
Should all melanoma patients undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy?
Current opinion in oncology 2006;18(2):185-8.
2005: Hanqin Lei; Patrick J Furlong; Jin Hee Ra; Daniel Mullins; Robert Cantor; Douglas L Fraker; Francis R Spitz
AKT activation and response to interferon-beta in human cancer cells.
Cancer biology & therapy 2005;4(7):709-15.
2005: Susan Kesmodel; Giorgos C Karakousis; Jeffrey Botbyl; Robert Canter; Robert T Lewis; Peter M Wahl; Kyla P Terhune; Abass Alavi; David E Elder; Michael E Ming; DuPont Guerry; Phyllis A Gimotty; Douglas L Fraker; Brian J Czerniecki; Francis R Spitz
Mitotic rate as a predictor of sentinel lymph node positivity in patients with thin melanomas.
Annals of surgical oncology 2005;12(6):449-58.
2004: Phyllis A Gimotty; DuPont Guerry; Michael E Ming; Rosalie Elenitsas; Xiaowei Xu; Brian J Czerniecki; Francis R Spitz; Lynn Schuchter; David E Elder
Thin primary cutaneous malignant melanoma: a prognostic tree for 10-year metastasis is more accurate than American Joint Committee on Cancer staging.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2004;22(18):3668-76.
2004: Samantha K Hendren; Indira Prabakaran; Donald G Buerk; Giorgos C Karakousis; Michael Feldman; Francis R Spitz; Chandrakala Menon; Douglas L Fraker
Interferon-beta gene therapy improves survival in an immunocompetent mouse model of carcinomatosis.
Surgery 2004;135(4):427-36.
2004: Eugene A Choi; Hanqin Lei; David J Maron; Rosemarie Mick; James Barsoum; Qian-Chun Yu; Douglas L Fraker; James M Wilson; Francis R Spitz
Combined 5-fluorouracil/systemic interferon-beta gene therapy results in long-term survival in mice with established colorectal liver metastases.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2004;10(4):1535-44.
2003: Eugene A Choi; Hanqin Lei; David J Maron; James M Wilson; James Barsoum; Douglas L Fraker; Wafik S El-Deiry; Francis R Spitz
Stat1-dependent induction of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand and the cell-surface death signaling pathway by interferon beta in human cancer cells.
Cancer research 2003;63(17):5299-307.
2003: Isabelle Bedrosian; Rosemarie Mick; Susan G Orel; Mitchell D Schnall; Carol Reynolds; Francis R Spitz; Linda S Callans; Gordon P Buzby; Ernest F Rosato; Douglas L Fraker; Brian J Czerniecki
Changes in the surgical management of patients with breast carcinoma based on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging.
Cancer 2003;98(3):468-73.
2003: Susan Kesmodel; Francis R Spitz
Gene therapy for cancer and metastatic disease.
Expert reviews in molecular medicine 2003;5(17):1-18.
2003: Robert Canter; Rosemarie Mick; Susan Kesmodel; Dan J Raz; Francis R Spitz; James M Metz; Eli Glatstein; Stephen M Hahn; Douglas L Fraker
Intraperitoneal photodynamic therapy causes a capillary-leak syndrome.
Annals of surgical oncology 2003;10(5):514-24.
2002: Isabelle Bedrosian; James Schlencker; Francis R Spitz; Susan G Orel; Douglas L Fraker; Linda S Callans; Mitchell D Schnall; Carol Reynolds; Brian J Czerniecki
Magnetic resonance imaging-guided biopsy of mammographically and clinically occult breast lesions.
Annals of surgical oncology 2002;9(5):457-61.
2002: Todd W. Bauer; Francis R Spitz; Linda S Callans; Abass Alavi; Rosemarie Mick; Susan P Weinstein; Isabelle Bedrosian; Douglas L Fraker; Thomas L Bauer; Brian J Czerniecki
Subareolar and peritumoral injection identify similar sentinel nodes for breast cancer.
Annals of surgical oncology 2002;9(2):169-76.
2001: David J Maron; H Tada; A David Moscioni; John Tazelaar; Douglas L Fraker; James M Wilson; Francis R Spitz
Intra-arterial delivery of a recombinant adenovirus does not increase gene transfer to tumor cells in a rat model of metastatic colorectal carcinoma.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 2001;4(1):29-35.
2001: H Tada; David J Maron; Eugene A Choi; James Barsoum; Hanqin Lei; Q Xie; W Liu; L Ellis; A David Moscioni; John Tazelaar; SE Fawell; X Qin; Kathleen J Propert; A Davis; Douglas L Fraker; James M Wilson; Francis R Spitz
Systemic IFN-beta gene therapy results in long-term survival in mice with established colorectal liver metastases.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2001;108(1):83-95.
2001: David J Maron; Eugene A Choi; Francis R Spitz
Gene therapy of metastatic disease: progress and prospects.
Surgical oncology clinics of North America 2001;10(2):449-60, xi.
2001: Todd W. Bauer; Stephen M Hahn; Francis R Spitz; Alexander V Kachur; Eli Glatstein; Douglas L Fraker
Preliminary report of photodynamic therapy for intraperitoneal sarcomatosis.
Annals of surgical oncology 2001;8(3):254-9.
2001: Samantha K Hendren; Stephen M Hahn; Francis R Spitz; Todd W. Bauer; Stephen C Rubin; Timothy Zhu; Eli Glatstein; Douglas L Fraker
Phase II trial of debulking surgery and photodynamic therapy for disseminated intraperitoneal tumors.
Annals of surgical oncology 2001;8(1):65-71.
2000: Isabelle Bedrosian; Mark Faries; DuPont Guerry; Rosalie Elenitsas; Lynn Schuchter; Rosemarie Mick; Francis R Spitz; Louis P Bucky; Abass Alavi; David E Elder; Douglas L Fraker; Brian J Czerniecki
Incidence of sentinel node metastasis in patients with thin primary melanoma (< or = 1 mm) with vertical growth phase.
Annals of surgical oncology 2000;7(4):262-7.
1999: Isabelle Bedrosian; AM Scheff; Rosemarie Mick; Linda S Callans; Louis P Bucky; Francis R Spitz; C Helsabeck; David E Elder; Abass Alavi; D F Fraker; Brian J Czerniecki
99mTc-human serum albumin: an effective radiotracer for identifying sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 1999;40(7):1143-8.
1999: Brian J Czerniecki; AM Scheff; Linda S Callans; Francis R Spitz; Isabelle Bedrosian; Emily F Conant; Susan G Orel; Jesse Berlin; C Helsabeck; Douglas L Fraker; Carol Reynolds
Immunohistochemistry with pancytokeratins improves the sensitivity of sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with breast carcinoma.
Cancer 1999;85(5):1098-103.
1998: Todd W. Bauer; Francis R Spitz
Adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for primary colorectal cancer.
Surgical oncology 1998;7(3-4):175-81.