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When a chance to cut is not a chance to cure: a future for palliative surgery?Paul J Mosca
Ann Surg Oncol 18:3235-9. 2011....
Melanoma arising in a skin graftJennifer G Hall
Department of General Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2400 Pratt Street, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Ann Plast Surg 54:92-6. 2005..This exceptional presentation of cutaneous melanoma is discussed to highlight key principles of skin grafting in relation to the management of malignant melanoma...
Immunotherapy with autologous, human dendritic cells transfected with carcinoembryonic antigen mRNAMichael A Morse
Department of Medicine, Medical Center, Box 3233, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Cancer Invest 21:341-9. 2003..We conclude that it is feasible and safe to administer mRNA-loaded DC to patients with advanced malignancies...
Proteomics for monitoring immune responses to cancer vaccinesPaul J Mosca
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2606 DUMC, Durtham, NC 27710, USA
Curr Opin Mol Ther 5:39-43. 2003..Advances in miniaturization and automation may also permit characterization of the immune response more rapidly and from smaller amounts of biological material than is possible with existing assay systems...
Dendritic cell maturation in active immunotherapy strategiesMichael A Morse
Department of Mecine and Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Expert Opin Biol Ther 2:35-43. 2002....
Can surgeons improve survival in stage IV melanoma?Paul J Mosca
Department of Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA, USA
J Surg Oncol 97:462-8. 2008..Incorporating these results into new approaches using multimodality treatment may enhance survival in patients with stage IV melanoma...
Current status of dendritic cell immunotherapy of malignanciesPaul J Mosca
Departments of Surgery and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Int Rev Immunol 22:255-81. 2003..Clinical responses such as stability of disease and tumor regressions have been reported in some patients, particularly with melanoma, myeloma, and prostate cancer...
Immune monitoringPaul J Mosca
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Cancer Treat Res 123:369-88. 2005..It should be the goal and expectation that this rational approach to immune monitoring will allow the critical appraisal of the most promising vaccine candidates in the context of pivotal, multi-center trials...
Dendritic cell recovery following nonmyeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantsMichael A Morse
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Hematother Stem Cell Res 11:659-68. 2002....
Surgical management of cutaneous melanoma: current practice and impact on prognosisPaul J Mosca
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Adv Surg 38:85-119. 2004
Immunotherapy of surgical malignanciesMichael A Morse
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Curr Probl Surg 41:15-132. 2004
Histopathologic characteristics, recurrence patterns, and survival of 129 patients with desmoplastic melanomaKatherine E Posther
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 13:728-39. 2006..Desmoplastic melanoma (DM) has been associated with higher local recurrence rates than other types of cutaneous melanoma. Current controversies regarding locoregional treatment strategies warrant further investigation...
Dendritic cell vaccinesPaul J Mosca
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Front Biosci 12:4050-60. 2007..The emphasis of dendritic cell immunotherapy research is increasingly shifting toward the development of strategies to increase the potency of dendritic cell vaccine preparations...
Multiple signals are required for maturation of human dendritic cells mobilized in vivo with Flt3 ligandPaul J Mosca
Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Pathology, Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Leukoc Biol 72:546-53. 2002..The ability to generate phenotypically mature, IL-12-producing DC1 from peripheral blood mononuclear cells mobilized by Flt3L will have important implications for the development of effective cancer immunotherapy strategies...
A multi-institutional experience of isolated limb infusion: defining response and toxicity in the USGeorgia M Beasley
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Am Coll Surg 208:706-15; discussion 715-7. 2009..Establishing response and toxicity to ILI as compared with hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion is important for optimizing future regional chemotherapeutic strategies in melanoma...
Pharmacokinetics & drug resistance of melphalan in regional chemotherapy: ILP versus ILIJames C Padussis
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Int J Hyperthermia 24:239-49. 2008..This paper reviews progress in these two key areas of active investigation...
Predictors of outcome after hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion: role of tumor responseThomas A Aloia
Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Arch Surg 140:1115-20. 2005....
