neu/erbB-2 amplification identifies a poor-prognosis group of women with node-negative breast cancer. Toronto Breast Cancer Study Group.

…, P Dacamara, D Strongitharm, W Geddie… - Journal of Clinical …, 1998 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE It remains a challenge to predict which women with axillary node-negative (ANN)
breast cancer at greatest risk of relapse may benefit most from adjuvant therapy. Increases …

[HTML][HTML] A prospective controlled trial of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration compared with mediastinoscopy for mediastinal lymph …

…, M Johnston, G da Cunha Santos, W Geddie… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to compare endobronchial ultrasound-guided
transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) with mediastinoscopy for mediastinal lymph node …

[HTML][HTML] Prospective study evaluating the impact of tissue confirmation of metastatic disease in patients with breast cancer

E Amir, N Miller, W Geddie, O Freedman… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Decisions about treatment for women with metastatic breast cancer are usually based
on the estrogen (ER), progesterone (PgR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor …

Techniques, safety and accuracy of sampling of renal tumors by fine needle aspiration and core biopsy

A Volpe, JR Kachura, WR Geddie, AJ Evans… - The Journal of …, 2007 - auajournals.org
Purpose : The incidence of renal cell carcinoma is increasing worldwide and there are new
treatments for localized as well as metastatic tumors. The traditional role for percutaneous …

Contemporary results of percutaneous biopsy of 100 small renal masses: a single center experience

…, A Finelli, JR Kachura, AJ Evans, WR Geddie… - The Journal of …, 2008 - auajournals.org
Purpose : Percutaneous biopsy of small renal tumors has not been historically performed
because of concern about complications and accuracy. We reviewed our experience with …

Tissue confirmation of disease recurrence in breast cancer patients: pooled analysis of multi-centre, multi-disciplinary prospective studies

…, CA Purdie, N Miller, P Quinlan, W Geddie… - Cancer treatment …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Treatment decisions in recurrent breast cancer are usually based on the
estrogen (ER), progesterone (PgR) and HER2 receptor status of the primary tumour. …

A fast and simple method to fabricate circular microchannels in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)

M Abdelgawad, C Wu, WY Chien, WR Geddie… - Lab on a Chip, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple method to fabricate circular microchannels in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is
presented. A coating of liquid PDMS is applied on the walls of rectangular microchannels, …

EGFR gene status in cytological samples of nonsmall cell lung carcinoma Controversies and opportunities

G da Cunha Santos, MA Saieg, W Geddie… - Cancer …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: In nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the development and clinical application
of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR…

“The petals and thorns” of ROSE (rapid on‐site evaluation)

…, HM Ko, MA Saieg, WR Geddie - Cancer …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, the authors discuss the advantages (“petals”) and disadvantages (“thorns”) of
rapid on‐site evaluation (ROSE) performed for minimally invasive procedures such as …

Electrodeformation for single cell mechanical characterization

…, N Shakiba, WY Chien, Z Lu, WR Geddie… - Journal of …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents the use of electrodeformation as a method for single cell mechanical
characterization in which mechanical properties of SiHa and ME180 cells (two cervical cancer …