[HTML][HTML] PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors in cold colorectal cancer: challenges and strategies

KX Lin, AC Istl, D Quan, A Skaro, E Tang… - Cancer Immunology …, 2023 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer mortality, with mismatch
repair proficient (pMMR) and/or microsatellite stable (MSS) CRC making up more than 80…

[HTML][HTML] Neoadjuvant therapy for primary resectable retroperitoneal sarcomas—looking forward

AC Istl, A Gronchi - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review summarizes the current evidence around neoadjuvant
radiotherapy and systemic therapy for retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS). While surgery is the …

Advance care planning in cancer: patient preferences for personnel and timing

B Kubi, AC Istl, KT Lee, A Conca-Cheng… - JCO oncology …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: Opportunities for advance care planning (ACP) discussions continue to be missed
despite the demonstrated benefit of such conversations. This is in part because of a poor …

What do laboratory experiments measuring social preferences reveal about the real world?

SD Levitt, JA List - Journal of Economic perspectives, 2007 - aeaweb.org
A critical question facing experimental economists is whether behavior inside the laboratory
is a good indicator of behavior outside the laboratory. To address that question, we build a …

Call for improved design and reporting in soft tissue sarcoma studies: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of chemotherapy and survival outcomes in resectable …

AC Istl, JM Ruck, CD Morris, AS Levin… - Journal of Surgical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
New evidence and systemic therapies demand an updated analysis of chemotherapy for
soft tissue sarcoma. We completed a meta‐analysis of chemotherapy in localized STS, …

Field experiments

GW Harrison, JA List - Journal of Economic literature, 2004 - aeaweb.org
Experimental economists are leaving the reservation. They are recruiting subjects in the field
rather than in the classroom, using field goods rather than induced valuations, and using …

Perceived barriers to the development of technical skill proficiency in surgical clerkship

JA Luhoway, JF Ryan, AC Istl, J Davidson… - Journal of surgical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Medical students are expected to achieve proficiency in a prescribed set of technical
skills during surgical clerkship. However, available literature indicates students routinely …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative In Silico Analysis of Ultra-Hypofractionated Intensity-Modulated Photon Radiotherapy (IMRT) Versus Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) …

E Gogineni, H Chen, AC Istl, FM Johnston, A Narang… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary While pre-operative radiation did not improve abdominal recurrence-free
survival for retroperitoneal sarcoma in the randomized STRASS trial, it did reduce rates of …

Fibrinogen level and bleeding risk during catheter-directed thrombolysis using tissue plasminogen activator

K Lee, A Istl, L Dubois, G DeRose… - Vascular and …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether low fibrinogen levels (fibrinogen
level <1.5 g/L) during catheter-directed thrombolysis are associated with an increased …

Gender disparities in medical student surgical skills education

JF Ryan, AC Istl, JA Luhoway, J Davidson… - Journal of Surgical …, 2021 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE Female medical students and surgical trainees are more likely to lack confidence
in their clinical abilities than their male peers despite equal or superior performance. This …