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Parker CC, Petersen PM, Cook AD, Clarke NW, Catton C, Cross WR, Kynaston H, Parulekar WR, Persad RA, Saad F, Bower L, Durkan GC, Logue J, Maniatis C, Noor D, Payne H, Anderson J, Bahl AK, Bashir F, Bottomley DM, Brasso K, Capaldi L, Cooke PW, Chung C, Donohue J, Eddy B, Heath CM, Henderson A, Henry A, Jaganathan R, Jakobsen H, James ND, Joseph J, Lees K, Lester J, Lindberg H, Makar A, Morris SL, Oommen N, Ostler P, Owen L, Patel P, Pope A, Popert R, Raman R, Ramani V, Røder A, Sayers I, Simms M, Srinivasan V, Sundaram S, Tarver KL, Tran A, Wells P, Wilson J, Zarkar AM, Parmar MKM, Sydes MR. Timing of Radiotherapy (RT) After Radical Prostatectomy (RP): Long-term outcomes in the RADICALS-RT trial [NCT00541047]. Ann Oncol 2024:S0923-7534(24)00105-4. [PMID: 38583574 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The optimal timing of radiotherapy (RT) after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer has been uncertain. RADICALS-RT compared efficacy and safety of adjuvant RT versus an observation policy with salvage RT for PSA failure. METHODS RADICALS-RT was a randomised controlled trial enrolling patients with ≥1 risk factor (pT3/4, Gleason 7-10, positive margins, pre-op PSA≥10ng/ml) for recurrence after radical prostatectomy. Patients were randomised 1:1 to adjuvant RT ("Adjuvant-RT") or an observation policy with salvage RT for PSA failure ("Salvage-RT") defined as PSA≥0.1ng/ml or 3 consecutive rises. Stratification factors were Gleason score, margin status, planned RT schedule (52.5Gy/20 fractions or 66Gy/33 fractions) and treatment centre. The primary outcome measure was freedom-from-distant metastasis, designed with 80% power to detect an improvement from 90% with Salvage-RT (control) to 95% at 10yr with Adjuvant-RT. Secondary outcome measures were bPFS, freedom-from-non-protocol hormone therapy, safety and patient-reported outcomes. Standard survival analysis methods were used; HR<1 favours Adjuvant-RT. FINDINGS Between Oct-2007 and Dec-2016, 1396 participants from UK, Denmark, Canada and Ireland were randomised: 699 Salvage-RT, 697 Adjuvant-RT. Allocated groups were balanced with median age 65yr. 93% (649/697) Adjuvant-RT reported RT within 6m after randomisation; 39% (270/699) Salvage-RT reported RT during follow-up. Median follow-up was 7.8 years. With 80 distant metastasis events, 10yr FFDM was 93% for Adjuvant-RT and 90% for Salvage-RT: HR=0.68 (95%CI 0·43-1·07, p=0·095). Of 109 deaths, 17 were due to prostate cancer. Overall survival was not improved (HR=0.980, 95%CI 0.667-1.440, p=0.917). Adjuvant-RT reported worse urinary and faecal incontinence one year after randomisation (p=0.001); faecal incontinence remained significant after ten years (p=0.017). INTERPRETATION Long-term results from RADICALS-RT confirm adjuvant RT after radical prostatectomy increases the risk of urinary and bowel morbidity, but does not meaningfully improve disease control. An observation policy with salvage RT for PSA failure should be the current standard after radical prostatectomy.
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- C C Parker
- Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK
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- Dept of Oncology, Copenhagen Prostate Cancer Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London, UK
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- Dept of Urology, The Christie and Salford Royal Hospitals, Manchester, UK; The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Dept of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Dept of Urology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Canadian Cancer Trials Group, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Dept of Urology, Bristol Urological Institute, Bristol, UK
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- Dept of Urology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Dept of Urology, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Dept of Oncology, The Christie Hospital NHS FT, Wilmslow Road, Manchester, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London, UK
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- The Prostate Centre, London, UK
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- St James's Institute of Oncology, Leeds, UK
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- Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre, University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Queen's Centre for Oncology, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Cottingham, UK
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- Dept of Urology, Copenhagen Prostate Cancer Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Dept of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Worcester Oncology Centre, Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust, Worcester, UK
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- Dept of Urology, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London, UK
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- Dept of Urology, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Maidstone, UK
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- East Kent University Hospitals Foundation Trust, Kent, UK
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- Dept of Clinical Oncology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Dept of Urology, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Maidstone, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Dept of Urology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Dept of Urology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals, UK; York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals, UK
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- Dept of Oncology, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Maidstone, UK
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- South West Wales Cancer Centre, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UK
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- Dept of Oncology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Dept of Urology, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust, Worcester, UK
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK
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- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK
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- Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, UK; Leeds Cancer Centre, Leeds, UK
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- Dept of Urology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
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- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Kent Oncology Centre, Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK
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- Dept of Urology, The Christie and Salford Royal Hospitals, Manchester, UK
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- Dept of Urology, Copenhagen Prostate Cancer Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Deanesly Centre, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK
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- Dept of Urology, Hull University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
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- Glan Clwyd Hospital, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Rhyl, UK
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- Dept of Urology, Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospital, Pontefract, UK
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- Dept of Oncology, Queen's Hospital, Romford, UK
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- Dept of Oncology, The Christie Hospital NHS FT, Wilmslow Road, Manchester, UK
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- St Bartholomews Hospital, London UK
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- Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, UK
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- Dept of Oncology, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London, UK.
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Jaffer A, Lee M, Khalil O, Raslan M, Rai S, Kozan A, Hannah M, Al-Mitwalli A, Bryan M, Simms M, Dooldeniya M, Wilson J, JainChahal SR. The natural history of low-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a collaborative multi-centre study. Int Urol Nephrol 2022; 54:2175-2180. [PMID: 35754065 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-022-03264-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND International guidelines vary in terms of their definition and recommendation for management of low-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (LRNMIBC). The ideal management for this large subset of bladder cancer patient remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To evaluate long-term outcomes of patients with LRNMIBC. As a secondary objective, to assess for intergroup heterogeneity in disease-specific outcomes between G1 and G2LG diseases. METHODS A multi-centre, retrospective study of patients who met the 2015 NICE definition of LRNMIBC. Timeline of diagnosis ranged from 01/01/2012 to 30/06/2016. RESULTS A total 390 patients had available follow-up data (G1: 142, G2LG: 249). Over a median follow-up time of 36 months (IQR 25-50), 29.2% of the patients developed a recurrence. G2LG patients were statistically more likely to develop a recurrence (G1: 26.8%, G2LG: 33.7%, p < 0.05). 51.8% of recurrences occurred after 1 year of surveillance. Progression to high-grade disease occurred in 1.8% (n = 7, G1: 3, G2LG: 4) and a further 1.0% (n = 4, G1:3, G2LG: 1) of patients developed muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). CONCLUSION The majority of recurrences occurred after 1 year of surveillance. The risk of disease progression was low; however, this was observed in a cohort of patients with regular cystoscopic follow-up. The risk may be higher if patients were pre-maturely discharged. If a 5-year surveillance programme were to be followed, 96.5% of recurrences would be captured. Lastly, there appears to be intergroup heterogeneity within LRNMIBC with G2LG patients having a statistically higher risk of recurrence compared to G1.
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- A Jaffer
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust, Huddersfield, UK
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- Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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- Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust, Huddersfield, UK
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- Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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- Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Wakefield, UK
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- York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, York, UK
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.,Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Bradford, UK
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Clarke NW, Ali A, Ingleby FC, Hoyle A, Amos CL, Attard G, Brawley CD, Calvert J, Chowdhury S, Cook A, Cross W, Dearnaley DP, Douis H, Gilbert D, Gillessen S, Jones RJ, Langley RE, MacNair A, Malik Z, Mason MD, Matheson D, Millman R, Parker CC, Ritchie AWS, Rush H, Russell JM, Brown J, Beesley S, Birtle A, Capaldi L, Gale J, Gibbs S, Lydon A, Nikapota A, Omlin A, O'Sullivan JM, Parikh O, Protheroe A, Rudman S, Srihari NN, Simms M, Tanguay JS, Tolan S, Wagstaff J, Wallace J, Wylie J, Zarkar A, Sydes MR, Parmar MKB, James ND. Corrigendum to Addition of docetaxel to hormonal therapy in low- and high-burden metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer: long-term survival results from the STAMPEDE trial: Ann Oncol 2019; 30: 1992-2003. Ann Oncol 2020; 31:442. [PMID: 32067690 PMCID: PMC8929236 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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- N W Clarke
- Department of Urology, The Christie and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trusts, Manchester.
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- Genito-Urinary Cancer Research Group, Division of Cancer Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London
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- Department of Urology, The Christie and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trusts, Manchester
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- Guy's and Saint Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- St James University Hospital, Leeds
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester
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- Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
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- Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton-London; RoyalMarsden NHS Foundation Trust, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- Institute of Cancer Sciences, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow
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- University of Sheffield, Sheffield
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- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston
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- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Worcester
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- Portsmouth Oncology Centre, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
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- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torbay
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- Department of Oncology and Haematology, Kantonsspital, St Gallen, Switzerland
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Blackburn, UK
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- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Guy's and Saint Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
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- Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK
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- Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
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- Swansea University College of Medicine, Swansea, UK
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- Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
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- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Clarke NW, Ali A, Ingleby FC, Hoyle A, Amos CL, Attard G, Brawley CD, Calvert J, Chowdhury S, Cook A, Cross W, Dearnaley DP, Douis H, Gilbert D, Gillessen S, Jones RJ, Langley RE, MacNair A, Malik Z, Mason MD, Matheson D, Millman R, Parker CC, Ritchie AWS, Rush H, Russell JM, Brown J, Beesley S, Birtle A, Capaldi L, Gale J, Gibbs S, Lydon A, Nikapota A, Omlin A, O'Sullivan JM, Parikh O, Protheroe A, Rudman S, Srihari NN, Simms M, Tanguay JS, Tolan S, Wagstaff J, Wallace J, Wylie J, Zarkar A, Sydes MR, Parmar MKB, James ND. Addition of docetaxel to hormonal therapy in low- and high-burden metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer: long-term survival results from the STAMPEDE trial. Ann Oncol 2019; 30:1992-2003. [PMID: 31560068 PMCID: PMC6938598 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND STAMPEDE has previously reported that the use of upfront docetaxel improved overall survival (OS) for metastatic hormone naïve prostate cancer patients starting long-term androgen deprivation therapy. We report on long-term outcomes stratified by metastatic burden for M1 patients. METHODS We randomly allocated patients in 2 : 1 ratio to standard-of-care (SOC; control group) or SOC + docetaxel. Metastatic disease burden was categorised using retrospectively-collected baseline staging scans where available. Analysis used Cox regression models, adjusted for stratification factors, with emphasis on restricted mean survival time where hazards were non-proportional. RESULTS Between 05 October 2005 and 31 March 2013, 1086 M1 patients were randomised to receive SOC (n = 724) or SOC + docetaxel (n = 362). Metastatic burden was assessable for 830/1086 (76%) patients; 362 (44%) had low and 468 (56%) high metastatic burden. Median follow-up was 78.2 months. There were 494 deaths on SOC (41% more than the previous report). There was good evidence of benefit of docetaxel over SOC on OS (HR = 0.81, 95% CI 0.69-0.95, P = 0.009) with no evidence of heterogeneity of docetaxel effect between metastatic burden sub-groups (interaction P = 0.827). Analysis of other outcomes found evidence of benefit for docetaxel over SOC in failure-free survival (HR = 0.66, 95% CI 0.57-0.76, P < 0.001) and progression-free survival (HR = 0.69, 95% CI 0.59-0.81, P < 0.001) with no evidence of heterogeneity of docetaxel effect between metastatic burden sub-groups (interaction P > 0.5 in each case). There was no evidence that docetaxel resulted in late toxicity compared with SOC: after 1 year, G3-5 toxicity was reported for 28% SOC and 27% docetaxel (in patients still on follow-up at 1 year without prior progression). CONCLUSIONS The clinically significant benefit in survival for upfront docetaxel persists at longer follow-up, with no evidence that benefit differed by metastatic burden. We advocate that upfront docetaxel is considered for metastatic hormone naïve prostate cancer patients regardless of metastatic burden.
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- N W Clarke
- Department of Urology, The Christie and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trusts, Manchester.
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- Genito-Urinary Cancer Research Group, Division of Cancer Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London
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- Department of Urology, The Christie and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trusts, Manchester
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- Guy's and Saint Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- St James University Hospital, Leeds
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester
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- Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
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- Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton-London; Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- Institute of Cancer Sciences, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow
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- University of Sheffield, Sheffield
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- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston
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- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Worcester
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- Portsmouth Oncology Centre, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
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- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torbay
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- Department of Oncology and Haematology, Kantonsspital, St Gallen, Switzerland
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast
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- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Blackburn
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- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford
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- Guy's and Saint Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
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- Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shrewsbury
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- Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull
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- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
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- Swansea University College of Medicine, Swansea
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- Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
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- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL, London
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham
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Sydes MR, Spears MR, Mason MD, Clarke NW, Dearnaley DP, de Bono JS, Attard G, Chowdhury S, Cross W, Gillessen S, Malik ZI, Jones R, Parker CC, Ritchie AWS, Russell JM, Millman R, Matheson D, Amos C, Gilson C, Birtle A, Brock S, Capaldi L, Chakraborti P, Choudhury A, Evans L, Ford D, Gale J, Gibbs S, Gilbert DC, Hughes R, McLaren D, Lester JF, Nikapota A, O'Sullivan J, Parikh O, Peedell C, Protheroe A, Rudman SM, Shaffer R, Sheehan D, Simms M, Srihari N, Strebel R, Sundar S, Tolan S, Tsang D, Varughese M, Wagstaff J, Parmar MKB, James ND. Adding abiraterone or docetaxel to long-term hormone therapy for prostate cancer: directly randomised data from the STAMPEDE multi-arm, multi-stage platform protocol. Ann Oncol 2018; 29:1235-1248. [PMID: 29529169 PMCID: PMC5961425 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Adding abiraterone acetate with prednisolone (AAP) or docetaxel with prednisolone (DocP) to standard-of-care (SOC) each improved survival in systemic therapy for advanced or metastatic prostate cancer: evaluation of drug efficacy: a multi-arm multi-stage platform randomised controlled protocol recruiting patients with high-risk locally advanced or metastatic PCa starting long-term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). The protocol provides the only direct, randomised comparative data of SOC + AAP versus SOC + DocP. Method Recruitment to SOC + DocP and SOC + AAP overlapped November 2011 to March 2013. SOC was long-term ADT or, for most non-metastatic cases, ADT for ≥2 years and RT to the primary tumour. Stratified randomisation allocated pts 2 : 1 : 2 to SOC; SOC + docetaxel 75 mg/m2 3-weekly×6 + prednisolone 10 mg daily; or SOC + abiraterone acetate 1000 mg + prednisolone 5 mg daily. AAP duration depended on stage and intent to give radical RT. The primary outcome measure was death from any cause. Analyses used Cox proportional hazards and flexible parametric models, adjusted for stratification factors. This was not a formally powered comparison. A hazard ratio (HR) <1 favours SOC + AAP, and HR > 1 favours SOC + DocP. Results A total of 566 consenting patients were contemporaneously randomised: 189 SOC + DocP and 377 SOC + AAP. The patients, balanced by allocated treatment were: 342 (60%) M1; 429 (76%) Gleason 8-10; 449 (79%) WHO performance status 0; median age 66 years and median PSA 56 ng/ml. With median follow-up 4 years, 149 deaths were reported. For overall survival, HR = 1.16 (95% CI 0.82-1.65); failure-free survival HR = 0.51 (95% CI 0.39-0.67); progression-free survival HR = 0.65 (95% CI 0.48-0.88); metastasis-free survival HR = 0.77 (95% CI 0.57-1.03); prostate cancer-specific survival HR = 1.02 (0.70-1.49); and symptomatic skeletal events HR = 0.83 (95% CI 0.55-1.25). In the safety population, the proportion reporting ≥1 grade 3, 4 or 5 adverse events ever was 36%, 13% and 1% SOC + DocP, and 40%, 7% and 1% SOC + AAP; prevalence 11% at 1 and 2 years on both arms. Relapse treatment patterns varied by arm. Conclusions This direct, randomised comparative analysis of two new treatment standards for hormone-naïve prostate cancer showed no evidence of a difference in overall or prostate cancer-specific survival, nor in other important outcomes such as symptomatic skeletal events. Worst toxicity grade over entire time on trial was similar but comprised different toxicities in line with the known properties of the drugs. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT00268476.
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- M R Sydes
- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, London.
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- Christie and Royal Salford Hospital, Manchester
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- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London
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- Guy's & St Thomas NHS, Foundation Trust, London
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- St James University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Division of Oncology and Hematology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen; University of Bern, Bern; Swiss Group for Cancer Clinical Research (SAKK), Bern, Switzerland
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- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
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- Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow; Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton; Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton
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- Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow; Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, London
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- Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, London
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, London
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- Rosemere Cancer Centre, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston
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- Dorset Cancer Centre, Poole Hospital, Poole
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- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Worcester
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester; Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester
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- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield
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- City Hospital, Cancer Centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
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- Portsmouth Oncology Centre, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
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- Sussex Cancer Centre, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton
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- Mount Vernon Group, Mount Vernon Hospital, Middlesex
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queens University Belfast, Belfast; Belfast City Hospital, Belfast
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- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Preston
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- Department of Oncology & Radiotherapy, South Tees NHS Trust, Middlesbrough
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- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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- Guy's & St Thomas NHS, Foundation Trust, London
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- Department of Oncology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford
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- Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter
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- Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull
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- Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK
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- Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur; Swiss Group for Cancer Clinical Research (SAKK), Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Oncology, Nottingham, University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham
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- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
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- Southend Hospital, Southend-on-Sea
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- Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
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- Swansea University College of Medicine, Swansea
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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Woods MO, Younghusband HB, Parfrey PS, Gallinger S, McLaughlin J, Dicks E, Stuckless S, Pollett A, Bapat B, Mrkonjic M, de la Chapelle A, Clendenning M, Thibodeau SN, Simms M, Dohey A, Williams P, Robb D, Searle C, Green JS, Green RC. The genetic basis of colorectal cancer in a population-based incident cohort with a high rate of familial disease. Gut 2010; 59:1369-77. [PMID: 20682701 PMCID: PMC3047452 DOI: 10.1136/gut.2010.208462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most frequent cancer in developed countries. Newfoundland has the highest incidence of CRC in Canada and the highest rate of familial CRC yet reported in the world. To determine the impact of mutations in known CRC susceptibility genes and the contribution of the known pathways to the development of hereditary CRC, an incident cohort of 750 patients with CRC (708 different families) from the Newfoundland population was studied. METHODS Microsatellite instability (MSI) testing was performed on tumours, together with immunohistochemistry analysis for mismatch repair (MMR) genes. Where indicated, DNA sequencing and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplifications of MMR genes and APC was undertaken. DNA from all patients was screened for MUTYH mutations. The presence of the BRAF variant, p.V600E, and of MLH1 promoter methylation was also tested in tumours. RESULTS 4.6% of patients fulfilled the Amsterdam criteria (AC), and an additional 44.6% fulfilled the revised Bethesda criteria. MSI-high (MSI-H) was observed in 10.7% (n=78) of 732 tumours. In 3.6% (n=27) of patients, CRC was attributed to 12 different inherited mutations in six known CRC-related genes associated with chromosomal instability or MSI pathways. Seven patients (0.9%) carried a mutation in APC or biallelic mutations in MUTYH. Of 20 patients (2.7%) with mutations in MMR genes, 14 (70%) had one of two MSH2 founder mutations. 17 of 28 (61%) AC families did not have a genetic cause identified, of which 15 kindreds fulfilled the criteria for familial CRC type X (FCCTX). CONCLUSIONS Founder mutations accounted for only 2.1% of cases and this was insufficient to explain the high rate of familial CRC. Many of the families classified as FCCTX may have highly penetrant mutations segregating in a Mendelian-like manner. These families will be important for identifying additional CRC susceptibility loci.
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- M O Woods
- Discipline of Genetics, Health Sciences Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
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- Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Human Cancer Genetics Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- Human Cancer Genetics Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
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- Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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- Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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- Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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- Discipline of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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- Discipline of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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- Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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- Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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Walker R, Praveen P, Parmar S, Martin T, Anand R, Simms M. 60 Speech and swallowing outcomes in head and neck cancer patients with jejunal free flap reconstruction of the hypopharynx. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0266-4356(10)60061-7] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Walker R, Praveen P, Parmar S, Martin T, Anand R, Simms M. 58 The jejunal free flap in reconstruction of hypopharyngeal defects – the Birmingham experience. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0266-4356(10)60059-9] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Simms M. Surgical treatment of the neuroischemic foot. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2009; 50:293-311. [PMID: 19543190] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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As many as 1% of older people in the Western world are at risk of developing a foot ulcer as a complication of diabetes mellitus. The resultant debility and disability constitutes a burden for both individuals and their health services. When peripheral arterial insufficiency complicates neuropathy there is a tenfold risk of ulceration progressing to infection, gangrene and amputation. Patient education and the vigilant implementation of preventive measures offer the best prospects for containment of the problem. Patients faced with ulceration and limb loss require access to a co-ordinated and comprehensive diabetic foot service offering detailed assessment and a full range of social, medical and surgical therapies.
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- M Simms
- Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Birmingham UK.
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Simms M, Mehat MS, Buckels JAC. The use of autologous femoral vein for the repair of the common iliac vein after resection of a pheochromocytoma. Phlebology 2008; 23:227-9. [DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2008.007081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Aim To illustrate the use of autologous femoral vein for grafting ilio-caval vein defects following abdomino-pelvic tumour resections. Methods Case report and literature review. Results Durable restoration of ilio-caval patency was achieved, with minimal morbidity from graft harvesting. Conclusions Autologous femoral vein presents a viable graft option for the immediate reconstruction of large intra-abdominal vein deficits.
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- M Simms
- Department of Vascular Surgery
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- Department of Hepato-biliary-pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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Hyde AJ, Fontaine D, Green RC, Simms M, Parfrey PS, Younghusband HB. TUMOUR PATHOLOGY PREDICTS MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY IN A POPULATION-BASED SERIES OF COLORECTAL CANCER CASES. CLIN INVEST MED 2008. [DOI: 10.25011/cim.v31i4.4807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Background: Lynch Syndrome is an autosomal dominant trait that accounts forapproximately 3% of all cases of colorectal cancer (CRC). It is caused by mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes, most commonly MLH1 or MSH2. These MMR defects cause high levels of microsatellite instability (MSI-H) in the tumours. MSI testing of all CRCs to identify potential Lynch Syndrome cases is not practical, so the Bethesda Guidelines, which use clinical and pathological features, were created to identify those tumours most likely to be MSI-H^1. In 2007 Jenkins et. al. created MsPath, a tool based on the pathological features described in the rarely used 3^rd Bethesda criterion, to improve prediction of MSI-H tumours among CRC cases diagnosed before age 60 years^2.
Methods: We collected a population-based cohort of 716 CRC cases diagnosed before age 75 years in Newfoundland. For each of these cases we collected family history, performed MSI analysis, and scored a number of pathological features for the purpose of evaluating the accuracy of the Bethesda Criteria and MsPath at predicting MSI-H tumours.
Results: Our work validates the MsPath tool in the Newfoundland population for the same age group used to create the tool. We found it identified MSI-H cases with a sensitivity of 95% and specificity of 35% in our population of CRCcases diagnosed before age 60 years (n=290). We also tested this tool on our older population of CRCcases, diagnosed at ages 60 to 74 years (n=426). We found it to be at least as predictive in this population,with a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 42%. We then used our entire cohort (N=716) to compare MsPath with the other Bethesda criteria.Bethesda criteria 1, 2, 4 and 5 together predicted MSI-H cases with a sensitivity of 67% and a specificity of 51%. MsPath was better at identifying these cases, with a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 39%.
Conclusions: We conclude that MsPath can be extended to include patients diagnosed with CRC before age 75 years. As well, we have found that MsPath is a better predictive tool than the Revised Bethesda Guidelines for identifying MSI-H cases within a population-based setting of colorectal cancer.
References:
1. Umar, A. et. al. J Natl Cancer Inst 2004;96:261-8
2.Jenkins, M.A. et. al. Gastroenterology 2007;133:48-56
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Khan R, Simms M. Cephalic Vein for Carotid Patching. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.01.025] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Hand portable ultrasound has been validated in trauma patients using the FAST technique. The machine's light and rugged design make it suitable for military deployment and they have been successfully used on deployments in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. Ultrasound is widely accepted in the diagnosis of abdominal and thoracic trauma, however, little work exists on its use in extremity trauma. Although the diagnosis of fractures usually relies on X-ray this may not be readily available at Role 1 or 2. We successfully identified long bone fractures in three patients using hand portable ultrasound during Operation Telic. The technique and ultrasound findings are described and the current literature on this technique is reviewed.
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- A J Brooks
- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care University of Pennsylvania Hospital, USA.
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Anderson SI, Whatling P, Hudlicka O, Gosling P, Simms M, Brown MD. Chronic Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation of Calf Muscles Improves Functional Capacity without Inducing Systemic Inflammation in Claudicants. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2004; 27:201-9. [PMID: 14718904 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2003.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess whether electrical stimulation of ischaemic calf muscles in claudicants causes a systemic inflammatory response and to evaluate effects of its chronic application on muscle function and walking ability. DESIGN Prospective randomised controlled trial of calf muscle stimulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Stable claudicants were randomised to receive either active chronic low frequency (6 Hz) motor stimulation (n=15) or, as a control treatment, submotor transcutaneous electrical nerve (TENS) stimulation (n=15) of calf muscles in one leg, 3 x 20 min per day for four weeks. Leucocyte activation was quantified by changes in cell morphology, vascular permeability by urinary albumin:creatinine ratio (ACR), calf muscle function by isometric twitch contractions and walking ability by treadmill performance pre- and post-intervention. RESULTS Acute active muscle stimulation activated leucocytes less (28% increase) than a standard treadmill test (81% increase) and did not increase ACR. Chronic calf muscle stimulation significantly increased pain-free walking distance by 35 m (95% CI 17, 52, P<0.001) and maximum walking distance by 39 m (95% CI 7, 70, P<0.05) while control treatment had no effect. Active stimulation prevented fatigue of calf muscles during isometric electrically evoked contractions by abolishing the slowing of relaxation that was responsible for loss of force. CONCLUSIONS Chronic electrical muscle stimulation is an effective treatment for alleviating intermittent claudication which, by targeted activation of a small muscle mass, does not engender a significant systemic inflammatory response.
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- S I Anderson
- Department of Physiology, University of Birmingham, UK
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Hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) is an autosomal dominant form of inherited predisposition to colorectal and other malignancies. It is associated with mutations in DNA mismatch-repair genes, especially hMSH2 and hMLH1. Management of HNPCC families is improved if the underlying mutation in each family can be discovered. We describe a Newfoundland kindred, meeting the Amsterdam Criteria for HNPCC, in which a mutation in the promoter region of the hMLH1 gene co-segregates with the disease phenotype. The -42C > T mutation is within a putative Myb proto-oncogene binding site. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we demonstrated that the mutated Myb binding sequence is less effective in binding nuclear proteins than the wild-type promoter sequence. Using in vivo transfection experiments in HeLa cells, we further demonstrated that the mutated promoter has only 37% of the activity of the wild-type promoter in driving the expression of a reporter gene. The average age of onset in six family members affected with colorectal cancer is 62 years, which is substantially later than the typical age of onset in HNPCC families. This is consistent with a substantial decrease, but not total elimination, of mismatch repair function in affected members of this family. This is the first report of a heritable hMLH1 promoter mutation in any HNPCC family.
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- R C Green
- Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
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Simmons WJ, Simms M, Chiarle R, Mackay F, Tsiagbe VK, Browning J, Inghirami G, Thorbecke GJ. Induction of germinal centers by MMTV encoded superantigen on B cells. Dev Immunol 2001; 8:201-11. [PMID: 11785670 PMCID: PMC2276075 DOI: 10.1155/2001/79823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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It has not been established whether an endogenous superantigen (SAg) expressed on B cells can induce germinal centers (GCs). An interesting model is that of mammary tumor virus encoded viral SAgs, which induce vigorous T cell proliferation and are predominantly expressed on activated B cells. We have used this model to analyze the possibility that direct stimulation of Mtv7+ DBA/2 B cells by vSAg-responsive (Vbeta6+) BALB/c T cells can give rise to GCs. Injection of BALB/c SCID mice i.v. with 2 x 10(6) DBA/2 B cells, together with LPS, followed by 2 x 10(6) BALB/c T cells induces numerous large splenic GCs within 3-5 days. The GCs are still large on day 7, but are very much reduced by day 10. B cell activation with LPS is needed for this effect. These GCs form in spite of the apparent absence of follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) as judged by staining for several FDC surface markers. Control mice receiving either BALB/c T or DBA/2 B cells + LPS alone or DBA/2 T + B cells + LPS fail to exhibit any GCs on days 3-7. Numerous small clusters of PNA+ cells, but few large GCs are observed when TNF-R(p55)-Ig is also injected, whereas LTbetaR-Ig treatment impeded the formation of aggregations of these cells even further, leaving scattered PNA+ single cells and very small clumps throughout the white pulp of the spleens. Anti-TNFalpha had no effect. These results suggest that endogenous vSAg mediated GC formation is independent of antigen trapping by FDCs.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Viral/immunology
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Germinal Center/immunology
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse/immunology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Mice, SCID
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I
- Spleen/cytology
- Spleen/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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- W. J. Simmons
- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Kaplan Cancer CenterNew York University School of Medicine550 First AvenueNew YorkNY10016USA
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- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Kaplan Cancer CenterNew York University School of Medicine550 First AvenueNew YorkNY10016USA
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- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Kaplan Cancer CenterNew York University School of Medicine550 First AvenueNew YorkNY10016USA
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- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Kaplan Cancer CenterNew York University School of Medicine550 First AvenueNew YorkNY10016USA
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- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Kaplan Cancer CenterNew York University School of Medicine550 First AvenueNew YorkNY10016USA
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- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Kaplan Cancer CenterNew York University School of Medicine550 First AvenueNew YorkNY10016USA
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Anderson DR, Wells PS, Stiell I, MacLeod B, Simms M, Gray L, Robinson KS, Bormanis J, Mitchell M, Lewandowski B, Flowerdew G. Management of patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis in the emergency department: combining use of a clinical diagnosis model with D-dimer testing. J Emerg Med 2000; 19:225-30. [PMID: 11033266 DOI: 10.1016/s0736-4679(00)00225-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 11/19/2022]
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The management of patients presenting to hospital Emergency Departments with suspected deep vein thrombosis is problematic since urgent diagnostic imaging is at times unavailable. We evaluated the accuracy of a rapidly available D-dimer test and the potential of combining D-dimer testing with an explicit clinical model to improve the management of patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis. Two hundred and fourteen patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis presenting to the Emergency Departments of two tertiary care institutions were enrolled in this prospective cohort study. Patients were evaluated by an Emergency Physician who determined the pre-test probability for deep vein thrombosis to be either low, moderate, or high using an explicit clinical model. Patients were managed according to their pre-test probability category by specific algorithms that in all cases included venous ultrasound imaging within 24 h and a 90-day follow-up for the development of thromboembolic complications. Patients also underwent fingerstick SimpliRED(R) whole blood agglutination D-dimer testing; however, D-dimer results did not influence subsequent patient management. D-dimer had a sensitivity of 82.5% and a specificity of 84.9% for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis. The observed negative predictive value of D-dimer was 96.9% (95% CI, 93.0% to 99.1%) overall, and 100% (95% CI, 96.3% to 100%) in low probability patients, 94.1% (95% CI, 83.8% to 98.8%) in moderate probability patients, and 86.7% (95% CI, 59.4% to 98.3%) in high probability patients. SimpliRED(R) D-dimer has a high negative predictive value and may be useful in excluding the diagnosis in patients at low pre-test probability for deep vein thrombosis.
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- D R Anderson
- Department of Medicine, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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OBJECTIVES (a) To confirm our earlier observation that the phenotype HLA-DR4,7 occurs with higher frequency in male patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than in female patients. (b) To test the hypothesis that DR7 is associated with low normal serum testosterone (Te) levels in healthy males; this might explain the increased frequency of DR4,7 in male patients since there appears to be a relationship between low serum Te and RA. (c) To characterize the association between HLA alleles and serum Te concentration in healthy males. METHODS An additional 82 Newfoundland (NF) RA patients were HLA-DR typed and, combined with our earlier data and data from the 11th International Histocompatibility Workshop, gave HLA-DR and sex information on 373 RA patients. Ninety-four healthy NF males were typed for HLA, the microsatellite marker TNFa (located close to the tumour necrosis factor alpha gene) and complement factor B (BF). An additional 38 males were included, selected partly based on their HLA-B type. RESULTS We confirmed our earlier finding of a higher frequency of HLA-DR4,7 in male RA patients compared with female RA patients (P<0.01). Contrary to our expectations we found that DR7 was associated with higher than mean values of Te as were B5, B27, DR1, TNFa7 and BF F positivity. Conversely, low Te concentrations were found in men with B15, DR2, DR5, TNFa5 and who were BF F negative. In 28 male 'early-onset' RA patients we did not find an increased frequency of HLA alleles associated with low Te levels as compared with the frequency in 41 'late-onset' patients, suggesting that if low Te level is a risk factor and is present before onset of RA then the level cannot be explained by an association between Te level and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) phenotype. CONCLUSION This study indicates that a man's MHC phenotype may influence his serum Te concentration, but the relationship of this, if any, to the pathogenesis of RA remains an area of speculation.
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- B Larsen
- Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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Anderson DR, Wells PS, Stiell I, MacLeod B, Simms M, Gray L, Robinson KS, Bormanis J, Mitchell M, Lewandowski B, Flowerdew G. Thrombosis in the emergency department: use of a clinical diagnosis model to safely avoid the need for urgent radiological investigation. Arch Intern Med 1999; 159:477-82. [PMID: 10074956 DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.5.477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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CONTEXT The management of patients presenting to hospital emergency departments with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is problematic because urgent diagnostic imaging capability is sometimes unavailable. Experienced physicians using clinical skills alone can classify patients with suspected DVT into low-, moderate-, and high-probability categories. OBJECTIVES To determine the accuracy of an explicit clinical model for the diagnosis of DVT when applied by emergency department physicians and to assess the safety and feasibility of a management strategy based on the clinical pretest probability for patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected DVT outside of regular hospital staff work hours. METHODS A prospective cohort study was performed in the emergency departments of 2 tertiary care institutions involving 344 patients with suspected DVT. Patient conditions were evaluated by an emergency department physician who determined the pretest probability for DVT to be low, moderate, or high using an explicit clinical model. Patients for whom DVT was considered a low pretest probability were discharged from the emergency department and returned the following day for venous compression ultrasound imaging of the affected leg. Patients for whom DVT was considered a moderate pre-test probability received a single, weight-adjusted dose of subcutaneous unfractionated heparin sodium (between 12 500 and 20 000 U), were discharged from the emergency department, and returned the next morning to undergo ultrasonography. Patients for whom DVT was considered a high pretest probability were admitted to the hospital, administered intravenous unfractionated heparin, and ultrasonography was arranged within 24 hours. Patients with positive ultrasonographic findings were diagnosed with DVT, except for those with low pretest probability for whom confirmatory venography was performed. Patients with DVT excluded in the initial evaluation period did not receive anticoagulant therapy. All patients were followed up for 90 days to monitor development of thromboembolic or bleeding complications. RESULTS Twenty-four (49.0% [95% confidence interval (CI), 34.5%-63.6%]) of 49 patients in the high-probability category, 15 (14.3% [95% CI, 8.3%-22.4%]) of 105 in the moderate-, and 6 (3.2% [95% CI, 1.2%-6.7%]) of 190 in the low-probability category were confirmed to have DVT. Overall, 45 (13.1%) of 344 patients were confirmed to have DVT. No patient developed pulmonary embolism or major bleeding complications within 48 hours of initial evaluation in the emergency department. Of the 301 patients who had DVT excluded during the initial evaluation period, only 2 (0.7% [95% CI, 0.1%-2.3%]) developed venous thromboembolic complications (calf vein thromboses in both) in the 3-month follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS Using an explicit clinical model, emergency department physicians can accurately classify patients with suspected DVT into high-, moderate-, and low-probability groups. A management plan based on probability for DVT that avoids the need for urgent diagnostic imaging is safe and feasible in the emergency department setting.
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- D R Anderson
- Department of Medicine, QE II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Simms M, Caldwell J, Lundgrin D. Inverted Meckel's diverticulum diagnosed with computed tomography: case report. Can Assoc Radiol J 1999; 50:17-9. [PMID: 10047743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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- M Simms
- Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, USA
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BACKGROUND Protective hepatitis titers are reported for more than 90% of healthy adults who received three intradeltoid injections of vaccine. Some factors that influence seroconversion rates include age, sex, and presence of chronic diseases. METHODS Because of work-related factors that placed them at risk of acquiring hepatitis B, 112 employees, who ranged in age from 20 to 70 years with a mean age of 39.2 years, completed the hepatitis B vaccination series between 1986 and 1993. All participants received three vaccinations. RESULTS Hepatitis B surface antibody did not develop in 16 of 112 recipients (14.2%, 95% CI, 7.6% to 20.8%). Race, sex, and duration to antibody titer did not affect rates of seroconversion. Age greater than 50 years was associated with significantly decreased seroconversion rates (64.7%, 95% CI, 42.0% to 87.4%) compared with seroconversion rates of those younger than 50 years of age (89.5%, 95% CI 83.3% to 95.7%, p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that when a hepatitis B immunization program is implemented, seroconversion rates are lower than published rates for healthy adults and adolescents. We recommend that seroconversion data from immunization programs for employees at risk for hepatitis B be reviewed and that postimmunization testing be considered to ensure adequate protection for those employees at highest risk for nonconversion.
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- D Havlichek
- Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, E. Lansing 48824, USA
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Gerrand CH, Reddy MR, Waldram MA, Simms M. A complication of self-poisoning. Postgrad Med J 1997; 73:113-4. [PMID: 9122091 PMCID: PMC2431229 DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.73.856.113] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- C H Gerrand
- South Birmingham Trauma Unit, General Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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Most patients with Rhodococcus equi infection are immunocompromised by either HIV infection, malignancy, or medication. Diagnosis is frequently missed or delayed because the organisms, resembling diphtheroids on smears, may be regarded as contaminants. Their clinical, pathologic, histochemical, and microbiologic resemblance to mycobacteria can result in misdiagnosis. Two cases were seen recently in our institution. R. equi pericarditis developed in a 29-year-old woman with failed renal transplant and R. equi axillary lymphadenitis developed in an asymptomatic 27-year-old man. These patients are important because the former is the first reported case of R. equi pericarditis, and the second case was unusual because of the absence of immunocompromise.
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- T Lee-Chiong
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Patterson JE, Sweeney AH, Simms M, Carley N, Mangi R, Sabetta J, Lyons RW. An analysis of 110 serious enterococcal infections. Epidemiology, antibiotic susceptibility, and outcome. Medicine (Baltimore) 1995; 74:191-200. [PMID: 7623654 DOI: 10.1097/00005792-199507000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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A prospective, observational study of 110 patients with serious infections due to Enterococcus spp. in 6 university and community teaching hospitals in Connecticut was conducted to define the epidemiology of community and nosocomial serious enterococcal infections and to determine risk factors, including antibiotic resistances, that contribute to outcome. Serious community and nosocomial enterococcal infections involved a variety of sites, and antibiotic resistance was common. Types of infection by major organ system were cardiovascular, 54% (catheter-related bacteremia 28%, primary bacteremia 18%, endocarditis 6%, septic thrombophlebitis 1%); intra-abdominal, 13% (including cholangitis, 6%); renal, 13%; skin and soft tissue, 5%; bone and joint, 4%; pleuropulmonary, 4%; central nervous system, 3%; deep surgical wound, 3%; and endometritis, 2%. Sixty-one percent of infections were nosocomial; 48% of these occurred in the intensive care unit. Enterococcus faecium was responsible for 20% of all infections. Antibiotic resistances among the infections included high-level gentamicin resistance (26%), ampicillin resistance (10%), and vancomycin resistance (8%). Clinical cure was achieved in 64% of patients; 6.8% of patients relapsed, 6.8% had recurrence of the infection with a different pathogen, and overall mortality was 23%. Ampicillin resistance and a high acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) II score were highly predictive of lack of cure.
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- J E Patterson
- Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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We report a rare case of an isolated inverted Meckel's diverticulum presenting with acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The radiographic appearances simulated a pedunculated small bowel polyp. The radiographic and pathologic features are described and a brief review of the reported cases is provided.
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- M Simms
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Victoria General Hospital, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Novia Scotia, Canada
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Simms M, Wright B, Rees J. Primary carcinoma of the gallbladder: atypical presentation with gangrenous cholecystitis. Can Assoc Radiol J 1994; 45:228-30. [PMID: 8193973] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Primary carcinoma of the gallbladder developing in patients with longstanding ulcerative colitis is a rare but recognized complication. The authors describe a 45-year-old patient who presented with gangrenous cholecystitis, which was detected by ultrasonography.
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- M Simms
- Department of Radiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
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Simms M. Ethics and late termination of pregnancy. Lancet 1993; 342:930. [PMID: 8105191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Simms M. Irish vote against abortion. BMJ 1993; 306:336. [PMID: 8461670 PMCID: PMC1676894 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.306.6873.336-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Simms M. Abortion in Northern Ireland. BMJ 1992; 305:1099. [PMID: 1467711 PMCID: PMC1883584 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.305.6861.1099-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Williams RW, Speculand B, Robin PE, Simms M. Second reconstruction of the posterior maxilla with a free latissimus dorsi muscle flap. Case report. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1992; 21:284-6. [PMID: 1453027 DOI: 10.1016/s0901-5027(05)80738-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 12/27/2022]
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This paper reports a case in which a latissimus dorsi free muscle flap was used for a second reconstruction following resection of a maxillary ameloblastoma when the ipsilateral temporalis muscle flap had already been used. The case illustrates the dilemma of immediate versus delayed reconstruction following excision of maxillary tumours.
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- R W Williams
- Department of Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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Cefoperazone and ceftazidime monotherapy were compared in a randomized, prospective evaluation of patients with nosocomial pneumonia. These antibiotics were equally effective, with an overall successful treatment rate of 45 of 62 (73 percent) for cefoperazone-treated patients and 50 of 63 (79 percent) for ceftazidime-treated patients (p = 0.41). There was no difference in the incidence of side effects (including hypoprothrombinemia), superinfections, or colonization of the oropharynx with yeast, enterococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, or resistant gram-negative bacilli. When antibiotic administration, and laboratory costs are considered, cefoperazone is less expensive than ceftazidime. Both cefoperazone and ceftazidime are effective therapy for nosocomial pneumonia.
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- R J Mangi
- Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut 06511
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Simms M. Cost of limiting abortion. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988; 296:355. [PMID: 2964260 PMCID: PMC2544844 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.296.6618.355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Simms M. Run a pressure group and change the law. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1987; 295:772-3. [PMID: 3119031 PMCID: PMC1247784 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.295.6601.772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Simms M, Mates SM, Morin C, Litchman HM. Compartment syndrome associated with Staphylococcus endotoxin. Orthop Rev 1986; 15:383-6. [PMID: 3453947] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A case is presented of a 23-year-old athletic male student who developed right knee pain after a weekend of strenuous activity. The patient failed to respond to conservative measures; pain increased and within 24 hours he developed fever, chills and swelling of the involved knee. On admission to the hospital, the patient appeared toxic. Efforts to establish a diagnosis, particularly with the use of computerized axial tomography are described. It was surgical decompression of muscular swelling of the distal thighs, revealed by CT scanning, that led to the diagnosis and the successful treatment that followed.
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- M Simms
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Brown University Program in Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island
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Freeman R, Goodbrand K, Simms M. QA process must focus on quality-of-life issues. Hosp Trustee 1986; 10:12-3, 16. [PMID: 10277051] [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: 02/12/2023]
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Simms M. Working towards terminal peace. Nurs Times 1985; 81:44-6. [PMID: 3844206] [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: 01/07/2023]
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Simms M, Smith C. Teenage mothers: some views on health visitors. Health Visit 1984; 57:269-70. [PMID: 6567626] [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: 04/05/2023]
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Simms M, Smith C. Teenage mothers: late attenders at medical and ante-natal care. Midwife Health Visit Community Nurse 1984; 20:192-200. [PMID: 6564349] [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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Morris DL, Hawker PC, Brearley S, Simms M, Dykes PW, Keighley MR. Optimal timing of operation for bleeding peptic ulcer: prospective randomised trial. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1984; 288:1277-80. [PMID: 6424827 PMCID: PMC1441113 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.288.6426.1277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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From October 1980 to September 1983 all patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding were admitted to a centralised unit and investigated by early endoscopy. A total of 142 patients with a proved duodenal or gastric ulcer were randomised after stratification for age and site of ulcer to early (aggressive) surgical management or a delayed (conservative) policy. Significantly more operations (n = 42; 60%) were performed in the early than in the delayed (n = 9; 20%) groups (p less than 0.01). There were no deaths among the 42 patients under 60. The overall mortality in the 100 patients aged over 60 was 10% and when analysed on an "intention to treat" basis there was no difference between early and delayed surgery. When, however, an unrelated death from a bleeding colonic polyp was excluded and the data analysed on "treatment received" the mortality was only 2% in the early group compared with 13% in the delayed group (p less than 0.05). When analysis was confined to gastric ulcer the difference between early (0%) and delayed (24%) treatment was even greater. The results of this trial indicate that for patients over 60 an aggressive surgical policy is associated with a significant reduction in mortality.
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Simms M, Smith C. Teenage mothers and abortion. Br J Sex Med 1982; 9:45-7. [PMID: 12266261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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Cartwright A, Simms M. Authors of the world, unite. West J Med 1982. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.285.6334.59] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Simms M. The legal threat to medicine. West J Med 1982. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.284.6319.899-c] [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: 11/04/2022]
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