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2021

Journal Article

Contemporary management of locoregionally advanced melanoma in Australia and New Zealand and the role of adjuvant systemic therapy

Smithers, B. Mark, Saw, Robyn P. M., Gyorki, David E., Martin, Richard C. W., Atkinson, Victoria, Haydon, Andrew, Roberts‐Thomson, Rachel and Thompson, John F. (2021). Contemporary management of locoregionally advanced melanoma in Australia and New Zealand and the role of adjuvant systemic therapy. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 91 (S2), 3-13. doi: 10.1111/ans.17051

Contemporary management of locoregionally advanced melanoma in Australia and New Zealand and the role of adjuvant systemic therapy

2021

Journal Article

Risk prediction model of 90-day mortality after esophagectomy for cancer

D'Journo, Xavier Benoit, Boulate, David, Fourdrain, Alex, Loundou, Anderson, Henegouwen, Mark I. van Berge, Gisbertz, Suzanne S., O'Neill, J. Robert, Hoelscher, Arnulf, Piessen, Guillaume, van Lanschot, Jan, Wijnhoven, Bas, Jobe, Blair, Davies, Andrew, Schneider, Paul M., Pera, Manuel, Nilsson, Magnus, Nafteux, Philippe, Kitagawa, Yuko, Morse, Christopher R., Hofstetter, Wayne, Molena, Daniela, So, Jimmy Bok-Yan, Immanuel, Arul, Parsons, Simon L., Larsen, Michael Hareskov, Dolan, James P., Wood, Stephanie G., Maynard, Nick, Smithers, Mark ... Low, Donald E. (2021). Risk prediction model of 90-day mortality after esophagectomy for cancer. JAMA Surgery, 156 (9), 836-845. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.2376

Risk prediction model of 90-day mortality after esophagectomy for cancer

2021

Journal Article

Radiomics biomarkers correlate with CD8 expression and predict immune signatures in melanoma patients

Aoude, Lauren G., Wong, Bernadette, Bonazzi, Vanessa F, Brosda, Sandra, Walters, Shaun B., Koufariotis, Lambros T., Naeini, Marjan M., Pearson, John V, Oey, Harald, Patel, Kalpana, Bradford, Julia J., Bloxham, Conor J, Atkinson, Victoria, Law, Phillip, Strutton, Geoffrey, Bayley, Gerard, Yang, Samuel, Smithers, B. Mark, Waddell, Nicola, Miles, Kenneth and Barbour, Andrew P. (2021). Radiomics biomarkers correlate with CD8 expression and predict immune signatures in melanoma patients. Molecular Cancer Research, 19 (6) molcanres.1038.2020, 950-956. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-20-1038

Radiomics biomarkers correlate with CD8 expression and predict immune signatures in melanoma patients

2021

Conference Publication

A randomised, placebo-controlled, phase II trial of adjuvant Avelumab in patients with stage I-III Merkel cell carcinoma (I-MAT Trial)

Xu, W., Poulsen, M., Atkinson, V., Fogarty, G., Veness, M., Smithers, B., Gyorki, D., Mar, V., Howle, J., Guminski, A., Williams, N. and Paton, E. (2021). A randomised, placebo-controlled, phase II trial of adjuvant Avelumab in patients with stage I-III Merkel cell carcinoma (I-MAT Trial). HOBOKEN: WILEY.

A randomised, placebo-controlled, phase II trial of adjuvant Avelumab in patients with stage I-III Merkel cell carcinoma (I-MAT Trial)

2021

Journal Article

Pulmonary metastasectomy in the era of targeted therapy and immunotherapy

Bong, Christopher Y., Smithers, B. Mark and Chua, Terence C. (2021). Pulmonary metastasectomy in the era of targeted therapy and immunotherapy. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 13 (4), 2618-2627. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2020.03.120

Pulmonary metastasectomy in the era of targeted therapy and immunotherapy

2021

Journal Article

Preoperative ultrasound assessment of regional lymph nodes in melanoma patients does not provide reliable nodal staging: results from a large multicenter trial

Thompson, John F., Haydu, Lauren E., Uren, Roger F., Andtbacka, Robert H., Zager, Jonathan S., Beitsch, Peter D., Agnese, Doreen M., Mozzillo, Nicola, Testori, Alessandro, Bowles, Tawnya L., Hoekstra, Harald J., Kelley, Mark C., Sussman, Jeffrey, Schneebaum, Schlomo, Smithers, B Mark, McKinnon, Gregory, Hsueh, Eddy, Jacobs, Lisa, Schultz, Erwin, Reintgen, Douglas, Kane, John M., Friedman, Erica B., Wang, Hejing, Van Kreuningen, Lisa, Schiller, Vicki, Elashoff, David A., Elashoff, Robert, Cochran, Alistair J., Stern, Stacey and Faries, Mark B. (2021). Preoperative ultrasound assessment of regional lymph nodes in melanoma patients does not provide reliable nodal staging: results from a large multicenter trial. Annals of Surgery, 273 (4), 814-820. doi: 10.1097/sla.0000000000003405

Preoperative ultrasound assessment of regional lymph nodes in melanoma patients does not provide reliable nodal staging: results from a large multicenter trial

2021

Journal Article

Patient age and risk of recurrence of primary melanoma at high risk of spread

Ghiasvand, R., Khosrotehrani, K., Hughes, M.C.B., von Schuckmann, L. A., Beesley, V. L., Malt, M., Smithers, B. M. and Green, A. C. (2021). Patient age and risk of recurrence of primary melanoma at high risk of spread. British Journal of Dermatology, 184 (3) bjd.19601, 566-568. doi: 10.1111/bjd.19601

Patient age and risk of recurrence of primary melanoma at high risk of spread

2021

Journal Article

Hospital characteristics associated with better ‘quality of surgery’ and survival following oesophagogastric cancer surgery in Queensland: a population-level study

Narendra, Aaditya, Baade, Peter D., Aitken, Joanne F., Fawcett, Jonathan, Leggett, Brandon, Leggett, Callum, Tian, Kevin, Sklavos, Theodore and Smithers, B. Mark (2021). Hospital characteristics associated with better ‘quality of surgery’ and survival following oesophagogastric cancer surgery in Queensland: a population-level study. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 91 (3), 323-328. doi: 10.1111/ans.16397

Hospital characteristics associated with better ‘quality of surgery’ and survival following oesophagogastric cancer surgery in Queensland: a population-level study

2021

Journal Article

Intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumour in a 56-year-old female: Case report of a very rare presentation of an unusual tumour

Laurens, Jason Russell, Frankel, Adam John and Smithers, Bernard Mark (2021). Intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumour in a 56-year-old female: Case report of a very rare presentation of an unusual tumour. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 79, 323-326. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.01.058

Intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumour in a 56-year-old female: Case report of a very rare presentation of an unusual tumour

2021

Journal Article

Complications and survival after hybrid and fully minimally invasive oesophagectomy

Veenstra, M. M. K., Smithers, B. M., Visser, E., Edholm, D., Brosda, S., Thomas, J. M., Gotley, D. C., Thomson, I. G., Wijnhoven, B. P. L. and Barbour, A. P. (2021). Complications and survival after hybrid and fully minimally invasive oesophagectomy. BJS Open, 5 (1) zraa033, 1-7. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zraa033

Complications and survival after hybrid and fully minimally invasive oesophagectomy

2021

Journal Article

Increased melanoma recurrence in patients with multiple primary invasive melanomas

Green, Adele C., Hughes, Maria Celia B., Williams, Gail M., Malt, Maryrose, Beesley, Vanessa L., Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Smithers, B. Mark (2021). Increased melanoma recurrence in patients with multiple primary invasive melanomas. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 86 (6), 1366-1369. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.05.025

Increased melanoma recurrence in patients with multiple primary invasive melanomas

2020

Journal Article

Intraoperative fluid restriction during enhanced recovery after surgery versus liberal fluids for esophagectomy: a single center retrospective pilot study

Ng, Rachel L., Thomson, Iain G., Smithers, B. Mark and Booth, Anton W. G. (2020). Intraoperative fluid restriction during enhanced recovery after surgery versus liberal fluids for esophagectomy: a single center retrospective pilot study. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 67 110030, 110030. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.110030

Intraoperative fluid restriction during enhanced recovery after surgery versus liberal fluids for esophagectomy: a single center retrospective pilot study

2020

Journal Article

Oncologic Outcomes After Isolated Limb Infusion for Advanced Melanoma: An International Comparison of the Procedure and Outcomes Between the United States and Australia

Carr, Michael J., Sun, James, Kroon, Hidde M., Miura, John T., Beasley, Georgia M., Farrow, Norma E., Mosca, Paul J., Lowe, Michael C., Farley, Clara R., Kim, Youngchul, Naqvi, Syeda Mahrukh Hussnain, Kirichenko, Dennis A., Potdar, Aishwarya, Daou, Hala, Mullen, Dean, Farma, Jeffrey M., Henderson, Michael A., Speakman, David, Serpell, Jonathan, Delman, Keith A., Smithers, B. Mark, Coventry, Brendon J., Tyler, Douglas S., Thompson, John F. and Zager, Jonathan S. (2020). Oncologic Outcomes After Isolated Limb Infusion for Advanced Melanoma: An International Comparison of the Procedure and Outcomes Between the United States and Australia. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 27 (13), 5107-5118. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-09051-y

Oncologic Outcomes After Isolated Limb Infusion for Advanced Melanoma: An International Comparison of the Procedure and Outcomes Between the United States and Australia

2020

Conference Publication

Tracking genomic and transcriptomic features of oesophageal adenocarcinoma for improving patients outcome

Naeini, Marjan, Newell, Felicity, Aoude, Lauren G., Bonazzi, Vanessa F., Patel, Kalpana, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Johnson, Rebecca, Addala, Venkateswar, Kondrashova, Olga, Holmes, Oliver, Leonard, Conrad, Wood, Scott, Xu, Christina, Nones, Katia, Pearson, John V., Smithers, Mark, Watson, David, Simes, John, Price, Tim, Gebski, Val, Barbour, Andrew P. and Waddell, Nic (2020). Tracking genomic and transcriptomic features of oesophageal adenocarcinoma for improving patients outcome. HOBOKEN: WILEY.

Tracking genomic and transcriptomic features of oesophageal adenocarcinoma for improving patients outcome

2020

Journal Article

Pathogenic germline variants are associated with poor survival in stage III/IV melanoma patients

Aoude, Lauren G., Bonazzi, Vanessa F., Brosda, Sandra, Patel, Kalpana, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Oey, Harald, Nones, Katia, Wood, Scott, Pearson, John V., Lonie, James M., Arneil, Melissa, Atkinson, Victoria, Smithers, B. Mark, Waddell, Nicola and Barbour, Andrew P. (2020). Pathogenic germline variants are associated with poor survival in stage III/IV melanoma patients. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 17687, 17687. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74956-3

Pathogenic germline variants are associated with poor survival in stage III/IV melanoma patients

2020

Journal Article

Germline and somatic albinism variants in amelanotic/hypomelanotic melanoma: increased carriage of TYR and OCA2 variants

Rayner, Jenna E., Duffy, David L., Smit, Darren J., Jagirdar, Kasturee, Lee, Katie J., De’Ambrosis, Brian, Smithers, B. Mark, McMeniman, Erin K., McInerney-Leo, Aideen M., Schaider, Helmut, Stark, Mitchell S., Soyer, H. Peter and Sturm, Richard A. (2020). Germline and somatic albinism variants in amelanotic/hypomelanotic melanoma: increased carriage of TYR and OCA2 variants. PLoS ONE, 15 (9) e0238529, e0238529. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238529

Germline and somatic albinism variants in amelanotic/hypomelanotic melanoma: increased carriage of TYR and OCA2 variants

2020

Conference Publication

A phase Ib study of rose bengal disodium and anti-PD-1 in metastatic cutaneous melanoma: Initial results in patients refractory to checkpoint blockade

Zager, J. S., Sarnaik, A. S., Pilon-Thomas, S., Beatty, M., Han, D., Lu, G., Agarwala, S. S., Ross, M., Shirai, K., Essner, R., Smithers, B., Atkinson, V. Victoria and Wachter, E. (2020). A phase Ib study of rose bengal disodium and anti-PD-1 in metastatic cutaneous melanoma: Initial results in patients refractory to checkpoint blockade. ESMO Virtual Congress, Electr Network, Sep 19-Oct 18, 2020. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1246

A phase Ib study of rose bengal disodium and anti-PD-1 in metastatic cutaneous melanoma: Initial results in patients refractory to checkpoint blockade

2020

Conference Publication

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) results from AGITG DOCTOR: A randomised phase II trial of tailored neoadjuvant therapy for resectable oesophageal adenocarcinoma

Mercieca-Bebber, R., Barnes, E. H., Wilson, K., Samoon, Z., Walpole, E. T., Mai, T., Ackland, S., Burge, M., Dickie, G., Watson, D., Leung, J., Wang, T., Bohmer, R., Cameron, D., Simes, R., Gebski, V., Smithers, M., Thomas, J., Zalcberg, J. R. and Barbour, A. (2020). Patient-reported outcome (PRO) results from AGITG DOCTOR: A randomised phase II trial of tailored neoadjuvant therapy for resectable oesophageal adenocarcinoma. ESMO Virtual Congress, Electr Network, Sep 19-Oct 18, 2020. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1936

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) results from AGITG DOCTOR: A randomised phase II trial of tailored neoadjuvant therapy for resectable oesophageal adenocarcinoma

2020

Conference Publication

A phase Ib study of rose bengal disodium and anti-PD-1 in metastatic cutaneous melanoma: Results in patients naive to immune checkpoint blockade

Agarwala, S. S., Ross, M., Zager, J. S., Sarnaik, A. S., Shirai, K., Lu, G., Essner, R., Smithers, B., Atkinson, V. Victoria and Wachter, E. (2020). A phase Ib study of rose bengal disodium and anti-PD-1 in metastatic cutaneous melanoma: Results in patients naive to immune checkpoint blockade. ESMO Virtual Congress, Electr Network, Sep 19-Oct 18, 2020. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1248

A phase Ib study of rose bengal disodium and anti-PD-1 in metastatic cutaneous melanoma: Results in patients naive to immune checkpoint blockade

2020

Journal Article

Factors predicting toxicity and response following isolated limb infusion for melanoma: an international multi-centre study

Kenyon-Smith, Timothy J., Kroon, Hidde M., Miura, John T., Teras, Jüri, Beasley, Georgia M., Mullen, Dean, Farrow, Norma E., Mosca, Paul J., Lowe, Michael C., Farley, Clara R., Potdar, Aishwarya, Daou, Hala, Sun, James, Farma, Jeffrey M., Henderson, Michael A., Speakman, David, Serpell, Jonathan, Delman, Keith A., Smithers, B. Mark, Barbour, Andrew, Coventry, Brendon J., Tyler, Douglas S., Zager, Jonathan S. and Thompson, John F. (2020). Factors predicting toxicity and response following isolated limb infusion for melanoma: an international multi-centre study. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 46 (11), 2140-2146. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2020.06.040

Factors predicting toxicity and response following isolated limb infusion for melanoma: an international multi-centre study