Published Works
Landmark Papers
Prognostic factors for overall survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with vascular endothelial growth factor-targeted agents: results from a large, multicenter study.
Heng DYC, Xie W, Regan MM, Warren MA, Golshayan AR, Sahi C, Eigl BJ, Ruether JD, Cheng T, North S, Venner P, Knox JJ, Chi KN, Kollmannsberger C, McDermott DF, Oh WK, Atkins MB, Bukowski RM, Rini BI, Choueiri TK.
J Clin Oncol. 2009 Dec 1;27(34):5794-9.
External validation and comparison with other models of the International Metastatic Renal-Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium prognostic model: a population-based study.
Heng DYC, Xie W, Regan MM, Harshman LC, Bjarnason GA, Vaishampayan UN, Mackenzie M, Wood L, Donskov F, Tan MH, Rha SY, Agarwal N, Kollmannsberger C, Rini BI, Choueiri TK.
Lancet Oncol. 2013 Feb;14(2):141-8.
Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts
2024
Outcomes of Patients with Brain Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma Receiving First-line Therapies: Results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium
Takemura K, Lemelin A, Ernst MS, Wells JC, Saliby RM, El Zarif T, Labaki C, Basappa NS, Szabados B, Powles T, Davis ID, Wood LA, Lalani AA, McKay RR, Lee JL, Meza L, Pal SK, Donskov F, Yuasa T, Beuselinck B, Gebrael G, Agarwal N, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Eur Urol. 2024 Jan 29. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2024.01.006. Epub ahead of print
2023
Characterization of Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Deferred, Upfront, or No Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in the Era of Combination Immunotherapy: Results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium
Takemura, K., Ernst, M. S., Navani, V., Wells, J. C., Bakouny, Z., Donskov, F., Basappa, N. S., Wood, L. A., Meza, L., Pal, S. K., Szabados, B., Powles, T., Beuselinck, B., McKay, R. R., Lee, J. L., Ernst, D. S., Kapoor, A., Yuasa, T., Choueiri, T. K., & Heng, D. Y. C.
Eur Urol Oncol. 2023 Oct 30:S2588-9311(23)00217-1.
Outcomes for International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium Prognostic Groups in Contemporary First-line Combination Therapies for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Ernst, M. S., Navani, V., Wells, J. C., Donskov, F., Basappa, N., Labaki, C., Pal, S. K., Meza, L., Wood, L. A., Ernst, D. S., Szabados, B., McKay, R. R., Parnis, F., Suarez, C., Yuasa, T., Lalani, A. K., Alva, A., Bjarnason, G. A., Choueiri, T. K., & Heng, D. Y. C.
Eur Urol. 2023 Jul;84(1):109-116. Epub 2023 Jan 26.
2022
Characterization of Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Experiencing Complete Response to First-line Therapies: Results From the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium
Takemura K, Navani V, Ernst MS, Wells JC, Meza L, Pal SK, Lee JL, Li H, Agarwal N, Alva AS, Hansen AR, Basappa NS, Szabados B, Powles T, Tran B, Hocking CM, Beuselinck B, Yuasa T, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
J Urol. 2023 Apr;209(4):701-709. Epub 2022 Dec 27.
Real-world Practice Patterns and Safety of Concurrent Radiotherapy and Cabozantinib in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium
Loo Gan, C., Huang, J., Pan, E., Xie, W., Schmidt, A. L., Labaki, C., Meza, L., Bouchard, G., Li, H., Jackson-Spence, F., Sánchez-Ruiz, C., Powles, T., Kumar, S. A., Weise, N., Hall, W. A., Rose, B. S., Beuselinck, B., Suarez, C., Pal, S. K., Choueiri, T. K., … McKay, R. R.
Eur Urol Oncol. 2023 Apr;6(2):204-211. Epub 2022 Nov 1.
Upfront Cytoreductive Nephrectomy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors or Targeted Therapy: An Observational Study from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium
Bakouny, Z., El Zarif, T., Dudani, S., Connor Wells, J., Gan, C. L., Donskov, F., Shapiro, J., Davis, I. D., Parnis, F., Ravi, P., Steinharter, J. A., Agarwal, N., Alva, A., Wood, L., Kapoor, A., Ruiz Morales, J. M., Kollmannsberger, C., Beuselinck, B., Xie, W., Heng, D. Y. C., … Choueiri, T. K.
Eur Urol. 2023 Feb;83(2):145-151. Epub 2022 Oct 20.
CABOSEQ: The Effectiveness of Cabozantinib in Patients With Treatment Refractory Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results From the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium (IMDC)
Navani, V., Wells, J. C., Boyne, D. J., Cheung, W. Y., Brenner, D. M., McGregor, B. A., Labaki, C., Schmidt, A. L., McKay, R. R., Meza, L., Pal, S. K., Donskov, F., Beuselinck, B., Otiato, M., Ludwig, L., Powles, T., Szabados, B. E., Choueiri, T. K., & Heng, D. Y. C.
Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2023 Feb;21(1):106.e1-106.e8. Epub 2022 Jul 21.
Outcomes of patients with advanced non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma treated with first-line immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy
Graham, J., Wells, J. C., Dudani, S., Gan, C. L., Donskov, F., Lee, J. L., Kollmannsberger, C. K., Meza, L., Beuselinck, B., Hansen, A., North, S. A., Bjarnason, G. A., Sayegh, N., Kanesvaran, R., Wood, L. A., Hotte, S. J., McKay, R. R., Choueiri, T. K., & Heng, D. Y. C.
Eur J Cancer. 2022 Aug:171:124-132. Epub 2022 Jun 16.
Imaging Response to Contemporary Immuno-oncology Combination Therapies in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Navani, V., Ernst, M., Wells, J. C., Yuasa, T., Takemura, K., Donskov, F., Basappa, N. S., Schmidt, A., Pal, S. K., Meza, L., Wood, L. A., Ernst, D. S., Szabados, B., Powles, T., McKay, R. R., Weickhardt, A., Suarez, C., Kapoor, A., Lee, J. L., Choueiri, T. K., … Heng, D. Y. C.
JAMA Netw Open.2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2216379.
Impact of MET status on treatment outcomes in papillary renal cell carcinoma: A pooled analysis of historical data
Albiges, L., Heng, D. Y. C., Lee, J. L., Walker, S., Mellemgaard, A., Ottesen, L., Frigault, M. M., L'Hernault, A., Wessen, J., Choueiri, T., Cancel, M., & Signoretti, S.
Eur J Cancer. 2022 Jul:170:158-168. Epub 2022 May 28.
Integrative clinical and molecular characterization of translocation renal cell carcinoma
Bakouny, Z., Sadagopan, A., Ravi, P., Metaferia, N. Y., Li, J., AbuHammad, S., Tang, S., Denize, T., Garner, E. R., Gao, X., Braun, D. A., Hirsch, L., Steinharter, J. A., Bouchard, G., Walton, E., West, D., Labaki, C., Dudani, S., Gan, C. L., Sethunath, V., … Viswanathan, S. R.
Cell Rep. 2022 Jan 4;38(1):110190.
2021
Cabozantinib real-world effectiveness in the first-through fourth-line settings for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.
Gan CL, Dudani S, Wells JC, Donskov F, Pal SK, Dizman N, Rathi N, Beuselinck B, Yan F, Lalani AA, Hansen A, Szabados B, de Velasco G, Tran B, Lee JL, Vaishampayan UN, Bjarnason GA, Subasri M, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Cancer Med. 2021 Feb;10(4):1212-1221. Epub 2021 Jan 18.
Evaluation of Clear Cell, Papillary, and Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasis Sites and Association With Survival.
Dudani S, de Velasco G, Wells JC, Gan CL, Donskov F, Porta C, Fraccon A, Pasini F, Lee JL, Hansen A, Bjarnason GA, Beuselinck B, Pal SK, Yuasa T, Kroeger N, Kanesvaran R, Reaume MN, Canil C, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jan 4;4(1):e2021869.
Integrative molecular characterization of sarcomatoid and rhabdoid renal cell carcinoma.
Bakouny Z, Braun DA, Shukla SA, Pan W, Gao X, Hou Y, Flaifel A, Tang S, Bosma-Moody A, He MX, Vokes N, Nyman J, Xie W, Nassar AH, Abou Alaiwi S, Flippot R, Bouchard G, Steinharter JA, Nuzzo PV, Ficial M, Sant'Angelo M, Forman J, Berchuck JE, Dudani S, Bi K, Park J, Camp S, Sticco-Ivins M, Hirsch L, Baca SC, Wind-Rotolo M, Ross-Macdonald P, Sun M, Lee GM, Chang SL, Wei XX, McGregor BA, Harshman LC, Genovese G, Ellis L, Pomerantz M, Hirsch MS, Freedman ML, Atkins MB, Wu CJ, Ho TH, Linehan WM, McDermott DF, Heng DYC, Viswanathan SR, Signoretti S, Van Allen EM, Choueiri TK.
Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 5;12(1):808.
Assessment of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Genomic Alterations by Body Mass Index in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma.
Lalani AA, Bakouny Z, Farah S, Donskov F, Dudani S, Heng DYC, Choueiri TK.
JAMA Oncol. 2021 Mar 4. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.0019. Epub ahead of print.
Efficacy of immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in the treatment of older adults with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) - an International mRCC Database Consortium (IMDC) analysis.
Araujo DV, Wells JC, Hansen AR, Dizman N, Pal SK, Beuselinck B, Donskov F, Gan CL, Yan F, Tran B, Kollmannsberger CK, de Velasco G, Yuasa T, Reaume MN, Ernst DS, Powles T, Bjarnason GA, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC, Dudani S.
J Geriatr Oncol. 2021 Mar 2:S1879-4068(21)00046-1. Epub ahead of print.
Outcomes of patients with solid tumour malignancies treated with first-line immuno-oncology agents who do not meet eligibility criteria for clinical trials
Gan CL, Stukalin I, Meyers DE, Dudani S, Grosjean HAI, Dolter S, Ewanchuk BW, Goutam S, Sander M, Wells C, Pabani A, Cheng T, Monzon J, Morris D, Basappa NS, Pal SK, Wood LA, Donskov F, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Eur J Cancer. 2021 Jul;151:115-125. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.04.004. Epub 2021 May 8.
2020
Real-World Assessment of Clinical Outcomes Among First-Line Sunitinib Patients with Clear Cell Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC) by the International mRCC Database Consortium Risk Group.
Savard MF, Wells JC, Graham J, Dudani S, Steinharter JA, McGregor BA, Donskov F, Bjarnason GA, Vaishampayan UN, Hansen AR, Iafolla MAJ, Zanotti G, Huynh L, Chang R, Duh MS, Heng DYC.
Oncologist. 2020 Jan 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Synchronous Versus Metachronous Metastatic Disease: Impact of Time to Metastasis on Patient Outcome-Results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.
Donskov F, Xie W, Overby A, Wells JC, Fraccon AP, Sacco CS, Porta C, Stukalin I, Lee JL, Koutsoukos K, Yuasa T, Davis ID, Pezaro C, Kanesvaran R, Bjarnason GA, Sim HW, Rathi N, Kollmannsberger CK, Canil CM, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Eur Urol Oncol. 2020 Feb 6.
Safety and efficacy of restarting immune checkpoint inhibitors after clinically significant immune-related adverse events in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Abou Alaiwi S, Xie W, Nassar AH, Dudani S, Martini D, Bakouny Z, Steinharter JA, Nuzzo PV, Flippot R, Martinez-Chanza N, Wei X, McGregor BA, Kaymakcalan MD, Heng DYC, Bilen MA, Choueiri TK, Harshman LC.
J Immunother Cancer. 2020 Feb;8(1).
Outcomes in Black and White Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated With First-Line Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: Insights From Two Large Cohorts.
Bossé D, Xie W, Lin X, Simantov R, Lalani AA, Graham J, Wells JC, Donskov F, Rini B, Beuselinck B, Alva A, Hansen A, Wood L, Soulières D, Kollmannsberger C, Patenaude F, Heng DYC, Choueiri TK, McKay RR.
JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 Feb;6:293-306.
Deferred Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.
Bhindi B, Graham J, Wells JC, Bakouny Z, Donskov F, Fraccon A, Pasini F, Lee JL, Basappa NS, Hansen A, Kollmannsberger CK, Kanesvaran R, Yuasa T, Ernst DS, Srinivas S, Rini BI, Bowman I, Pal SK, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Eur Urol. 2020 Apr 30. [Epub ahead of print]
2019
First-line Immuno-Oncology Combination Therapies in Metastatic Renal-cell Carcinoma: Results from the International Metastatic Renal-cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.
Dudani S, Graham J, Wells JC, Bakouny Z, Pal SK, Dizman N, Donskov F, Porta C, de Velasco G, Hansen A, Iafolla M, Beuselinck B, Vaishampayan UN, Wood LA, Liow E, Yan F, Yuasa T, Bjarnason GA, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Eur Urol. 2019 Aug 22. [Epub ahead of print]
Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in Metastatic Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.
Graham J, Wells JC, Donskov F, Lee JL, Fraccon A, Pasini F, Porta C, Bowman IA, Bjarnason GA, Ernst DS, Rha SY, Beuselinck B, Hansen A, North SA, Kollmannsberger CK, Wood LA, Vaishampayan UN, Pal SK, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Eur Urol Oncol. 2019 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print]
Real-world outcomes of nivolumab and cabozantinib in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.
Stukalin I, Wells JC, Graham J, Yuasa T, Beuselinck B, Kollmansberger C, Ernst DS, Agarwal N, Le T, Donskov F, Hansen AR, Bjarnason GA, Srinivas S, Wood LA, Alva AS, Kanesvaran R, Fu SYF, Davis ID, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Curr Oncol. 2019 Apr;26(2):e175-e179.
Outcomes of Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated with Targeted Therapy After Immuno-oncology Checkpoint Inhibitors.
Graham J, Shah AY, Wells JC, McKay RR, Vaishampayan U, Hansen A, Donskov F, Bjarnason GA, Beuselinck B, De Velasco G, Iafolla M, Duh MS, Huynh L, Chang R, Zanotti G, Ramaswamy K, Choueiri TK, Tannir NM, Heng DYC.
Eur Urol Oncol. 2019 Nov 27. [Epub ahead of print]
The Association Between Small Primary Tumor Size and Prognosis in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Insights from Two Independent Cohorts of Patients Who Underwent Cytoreductive Nephrectomy.
DiNatale RG, Xie W, Becerra MF, Silagy AW, Attalla K, Sanchez A, Mano R, Marcon J, Blum KA, Benfante NE, Voss MH, Motzer RJ, Coleman J, Choueiri TK, Reznik E, Russo P, Heng DYC, Hakimi AA.
Eur Urol Oncol. 2019 Nov 14. [Epub ahead of print]
Clinical Outcomes of First-line Sunitinib Followed by Immuno-oncology Checkpoint Inhibitors in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.
Wells JC, Graham J, Beuselinck B, Bjarnason GA, Donskov F, Hansen AR, McKay RR, Vaishampayan U, De Velasco G, Duh MS, Huynh L, Nguyen C, Zanotti G, Ramaswamy K, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2019 Dec 13.
2018
Checkpoint inhibitors in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.
Yip SM, Wells C, Moreira R, Wong A, Srinivas S, Beuselinck B, Porta C, Sim HW, Ernst DS, Rini BI, Yuasa T, Basappa NS, Kanesvaran R, Wood LA, Canil C, Kapoor A, Fu SYF, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Cancer. 2018 Sep 15;124(18):3677-3683.
Re: Fabio Conforti, Laura Pala, Vincenzo Bagnardi, et al. Cancer Immunotherapy Efficacy and Patients' Sex: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Lancet Oncol 2018;19:737-46:
Outcomes of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma by Gender: Contrasting Results from the International mRCC Database Consortium.
Graham J, Abdel-Rahman O, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC; International mRCC Database Consortium. Re: Fabio Conforti, Laura Pala, Vincenzo Bagnardi, et al. Cancer Immunotherapy Efficacy and Patients' Sex: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Eur Urol. 2018 Dec;74(6):e139-e140.
The Clinical Activity of PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitors in Metastatic Non-Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.
McKay RR, Bossé D, Xie W, Wankowicz SAM, Flaifel A, Brandao R, Lalani AA, Martini DJ, Wei XX, Braun DA, Van Allen E, Castellano D, De Velasco G, Wells JC, Heng DY, Fay AP, Schutz FA, Hsu J, Pal SK, Lee JL, Hsieh JJ, Harshman LC, Signoretti S, Motzer RJ, Feldman D, Choueiri TK.
Cancer Immunol Res. 2018 Jul;6(7):758-765.
Fourth-Line Therapy in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC): Results from the International mRCC Database Consortium (IMDC)
Stukalin S, Wells C, Fraccon A, Pasini F, Porta C, Lalani AK, Srinivas S, Bowman A, Brugarolas J, Lee J, Donskov F, Beuselinck B, Bamias A, Rini B, Sim H, Agarwal N, Rha S, Kanesvaran R, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Kidney Cancer. 2018;2;31-36.
2017
Molecular Subtypes Improve Prognostic Value of International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium Prognostic Model.
de Velasco G, Culhane AC, Fay AP, Hakimi AA, Voss MH, Tannir NM, Tamboli P, Appleman LJ, Bellmunt J, Kimryn Rathmell W, Albiges L, Hsieh JJ, Heng DY, Signoretti S, Choueiri TK.
Oncologist. 2017 Mar;22(3):286-292.
Efficacy of Second-line Targeted Therapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma According to Change from Baseline in International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium Prognostic Category.
Davis ID, Xie W, Pezaro C, Donskov F, Wells JC, Agarwal N, Srinivas S, Yuasa T, Beuselinck B, Wood LA, Ernst DS, Kanesvaran R, Knox JJ, Pantuck A, Saleem S, Alva A, Rini BI, Lee JL, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Eur Urol. 2017 Jun;71(6):970-978.
Characterizing the outcomes of metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma.
Connor Wells J, Donskov F, Fraccon AP, Pasini F, Bjarnason GA, Beuselinck B, Knox JJ, Rha SY, Agarwal N, Bowman IA, Lee JL, Pal SK, Srinivas S, Scott Ernst D, Vaishampayan UN, Wood LA, Simpson R, De Velasco G, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Cancer Med. 2017 May;6(5):902-909.
Discontinuing VEGF-targeted Therapy for Progression Versus Toxicity Affects Outcomes of Second-line Therapies in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.
De Velasco G, Xie W, Donskov F, Albiges L, Beuselinck B, Srinivas S, Agarwal N, Lee JL, Brugarolas J, Wood LA, Rha SY, Kollmannsberger C, North S, Kanesvaran R, Rini BI, Broom R, Yamamoto H, Kaymakcalan MD, Heng DYC, Choueiri TK.
Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2017 Jun;15(3):403-410.e2.
In reply to: Molecular Subtypes Improve Prognostic Value of International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium Prognostic Model
de Velasco G, Culhane AC, Heng DYC, Signoretti S, Choueiri TK.
Oncologist. 2017 Dec;22(12):1561.
Reply to Roberto Iacovelli, Walter Artibani, and Giampaolo Tortora's Letter to the Editor re: Ian D. Davis, Wanling Xie, Carmel Pezaro, et al. Efficacy of Second-line Targeted Therapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma According to Change from Baseline in International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium Prognostic Category. Eur Urol 2017;71:970-8.
Davis ID, Pezaro C, Xie W, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Eur Urol. 2017 Jun;71(6):e177-e178.
Third-line Targeted Therapy in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.
Wells JC, Stukalin I, Norton C, Srinivas S, Lee JL, Donskov F, Bjarnason GA, Yamamoto H, Beuselinck B, Rini BI, Knox JJ, Agarwal N, Ernst DS, Pal SK, Wood LA, Bamias A, Alva AS, Kanesvaran R, Choueiri TK, Heng DY.
Eur Urol. 2017 Feb;71(2):204-209.
Outcomes of Metastatic Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma (chrRCC) in the Targeted Therapy Era: Results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer Database Consortium (IMDC).
Yip SM, Ruiz Morales JM, Donskov F, Fraccon A, Basso U, Rini BI, Lee JL, Bjarnason GA, Sim HW, Beuselinck B, Kanesvaran R, Brugarolas J, Koutsoukos K, Fu SYF, Yuasa T, Davis I, Alva A, Kollmannsberger C, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC.
Kidney Cancer. 2017 Jul 26;1(1):41-47.
2016
Body Mass Index and Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Clinical and Biological Correlations.
Albiges L, Hakimi AA, Xie W, McKay RR, Simantov R, Lin X, Lee JL, Rini BI, Srinivas S, Bjarnason GA, Ernst S, Wood LA, Vaishamayan UN, Rha SY, Agarwal N, Yuasa T, Pal SK, Bamias A, Zabor EC, Skanderup AJ, Furberg H, Fay AP, de Velasco G, Preston MA, Wilson KM, Cho E, McDermott DF, Signoretti S, Heng DYC, Choueiri TK.
J Clin Oncol. 2016 Oct 20;34(30):3655-3663.
First-line sunitinib versus pazopanib in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.
Ruiz-Morales JM, Swierkowski M, Wells JC, Fraccon AP, Pasini F, Donskov F, Bjarnason GA, Lee JL, Sim HW, Sliwczynsk A, Ptak-Chmielewska A, Teter Z, Beuselinck B, Wood LA, Yuasa T, Pezaro C, Rini BI, Szczylik C, Choueiri TK, Heng DY.
Eur J Cancer. 2016 Sep;65:102-8.
Change in Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte Ratio in Response to Targeted Therapy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma as a Prognosticator and Biomarker of Efficacy.
Templeton AJ, Knox JJ, Lin X, Simantov R, Xie W, Lawrence N, Broom R, Fay AP, Rini B, Donskov F, Bjarnason GA, Smoragiewicz M, Kollmannsberger C, Kanesvaran R, Alimohamed N, Hermanns T, Wells JC, Amir E, Choueiri TK, Heng DY.
Eur Urol. 2016 Aug;70(2):358-64.
Risk factors and model for predicting toxicity-related treatment discontinuation in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with vascular endothelial growth factor-targeted therapy: Results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.
Kaymakcalan MD, Xie W, Albiges L, North SA, Kollmannsberger CK, Smoragiewicz M, Kroeger N, Wells JC, Rha SY, Lee JL, McKay RR, Fay AP, De Velasco G, Heng DY, Choueiri TK.
Cancer. 2016 Feb 1;122(3):411-9.
2015
Efficacy of targeted therapies after PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Albiges L, Fay AP, Xie W, Krajewski K, McDermott DF, Heng DY, Dariane C, DeVelasco G, Lester R, Escudier B, Choueiri TK.
Eur J Cancer. 2015 Nov;51(17):2580-6.
The International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium model as a prognostic tool in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma previously treated with first-line targeted therapy: a population-based study.
Ko JJ, Xie W, Kroeger N, Lee JL, Rini BI, Knox JJ, Bjarnason GA, Srinivas S, Pal SK, Yuasa T, Smoragiewicz M, Donskov F, Kanesvaran R, Wood L, Ernst DS, Agarwal N, Vaishampayan UN, Rha SY, Choueiri TK, Heng DY.
Lancet Oncol. 2015 Mar;16(3):293-300.
Characterizing the impact of lymph node metastases on the survival outcome for metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients treated with targeted therapies.
Kroeger N, Pantuck AJ, Wells JC, Lawrence N, Broom R, Kim JJ, Srinivas S, Yim J, Bjarnason GA, Templeton A, Knox J, Bernstein E, Smoragiewicz M, Lee J, Rini BI, Vaishampayan UN, Wood LA, Beuselinck B, Donskov F, Choueiri TK, Heng DY.
Eur Urol. 2015 Sep;68(3):506-15.
Characteristics of long-term and short-term survivors of metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with targeted therapies: results from the International mRCC Database Consortium.
Fay AP, Xie WL, Lee JL, Harshman LC, Bjarnason GA, Knox JJ, Ernst S, Wood L, Vaishamayan UN, Yuasa T, Tan MH, Rha SY, Donskov F, Agarwal N, Kollmannsberger CK, North SA, Rini BI, Choueiri TK, Heng DY.
Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2015 Apr;13(2):150-5.
Outcome of patients with metastatic sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma: results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.
Kyriakopoulos CE, Chittoria N, Choueiri TK, Kroeger N, Lee JL, Srinivas S, Knox JJ, Bjarnason GA, Ernst SD, Wood LA, Vaishampayan UN, Agarwal N, Pal SK, Kanesvaran R, Rha SY, Yuasa T, Donskov F, North SA, Heng DY, Rini BI.
Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2015 Apr;13(2):e79-85.
2014
Cytoreductive nephrectomy in patients with synchronous metastases from renal cell carcinoma: results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.
Heng DY, Wells JC, Rini BI, Beuselinck B, Lee JL, Knox JJ, Bjarnason GA, Pal SK, Kollmannsberger CK, Yuasa T, Srinivas S, Donskov F, Bamias A, Wood LA, Ernst DS, Agarwal N, Vaishampayan UN, Rha SY, Kim JJ, Choueiri TK.
Eur Urol. 2014 Oct;66(4):704-10.
Efficacy of targeted therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the elderly patient population.
Khambati HK, Choueiri TK, Kollmannsberger CK, North S, Bjarnason GA, Vaishampayan UN, Wood L, Knox JJ, Tan MH, MacKenzie MJ, Donskov F, Rini BI, Heng DY; International mRCC Database Consortium.
Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2014 Oct;12(5):354-8.
First-line Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibition in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: an analysis of practice patterns from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.
Harshman LC, Kroeger N, Rha SY, Donskov F, Wood L, Tantravahi SK, Vaishampayan U, Rini BI, Knox J, North S, Ernst S, Yuasa T, Srinivas S, Pal S, Heng DY, Choueiri TK.
Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2014 Oct;12(5):335-40.
First-, second-, third-line therapy for mRCC: benchmarks for trial design from the IMDC.
Ko JJ, Choueiri TK, Rini BI, Lee JL, Kroeger N, Srinivas S, Harshman LC, Knox JJ, Bjarnason GA, MacKenzie MJ, Wood L, Vaishampayan UN, Agarwal N, Pal SK, Tan MH, Rha SY, Yuasa T, Donskov F, Bamias A, Heng DY.
Br J Cancer. 2014 Apr 15;110(8):1917-22.
The impact of low serum sodium on treatment outcome of targeted therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: results from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer Database Consortium.
Schutz FA, Xie W, Donskov F, Sircar M, McDermott DF, Rini BI, Agarwal N, Pal SK, Srinivas S, Kollmannsberger C, North SA, Wood LA, Vaishampayan U, Tan MH, Mackenzie MJ, Lee JL, Rha SY, Yuasa T, Heng DY, Choueiri TK.
Eur Urol. 2014 Apr;65(4):723-30.
Impact of bone and liver metastases on patients with renal cell carcinoma treated with targeted therapy.
McKay RR, Kroeger N, Xie W, Lee JL, Knox JJ, Bjarnason GA, MacKenzie MJ, Wood L, Srinivas S, Vaishampayan UN, Rha SY, Pal SK, Donskov F, Tantravahi SK, Rini BI, Heng DY, Choueiri TK.
Eur Urol. 2014 Mar;65(3):577-84.
Anti-VEGF therapy in mRCC: differences between Asian and non-Asian patients.
Wang Y, Choueiri TK, Lee JL, Tan MH, Rha SY, North SA, Kollmannsberger CK, McDermott DF, Heng DY.
Br J Cancer. 2014 Mar 18;110(6):1433-7.
Outcomes of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma that do not meet eligibility criteria for clinical trials.
Heng DY, Choueiri TK, Rini BI, Lee J, Yuasa T, Pal SK, Srinivas S, Bjarnason GA, Knox JJ, Mackenzie M, Vaishampayan UN, Tan MH, Rha SY, Donskov F, Agarwal N, Kollmannsberger C, North S, Wood LA.
Ann Oncol. 2014 Jan;25(1):149-54.
A population-based overview of sequences of targeted therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Alimohamed N, Lee JL, Srinivas S, Bjarnason GA, Knox JJ, Mackenzie MJ, Wood L, Vaishampayan UN, Tan MH, Rha SY, Donskov F, Tantravahi S, Kollmannsberger C, North S, Rini BI, Choueiri TK, Heng DY.
Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2014 Aug;12(4):e127-31.
Survival outcome and treatment response of patients with late relapse from renal cell carcinoma in the era of targeted therapy.
Kroeger N, Choueiri TK, Lee JL, Bjarnason GA, Knox JJ, MacKenzie MJ, Wood L, Srinivas S, Vaishamayan UN, Rha SY, Pal SK, Yuasa T, Donskov F, Agarwal N, Tan MH, Bamias A, Kollmannsberger CK, North SA, Rini BI, Heng DY.
Eur Urol. 2014 Jun;65(6):1086-92.
2013
Prognostic factors of survival for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma with brain metastases treated with targeted therapy: results from the international metastatic renal cell carcinoma database consortium.
Vickers MM, Al-Harbi H, Choueiri TK, Kollmannsberger C, North S, MacKenzie M, Knox JJ, Rini BI, Heng DY.
Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2013 Sep;11(3):311-5.
Metastatic non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma treated with targeted therapy agents: characterization of survival outcome and application of the International mRCC Database Consortium criteria.
Kroeger N, Xie W, Lee JL, Bjarnason GA, Knox JJ, Mackenzie MJ, Wood L, Srinivas S, Vaishamayan UN, Rha SY, Pal SK, Yuasa T, Donskov F, Agarwal N, Kollmannsberger CK, Tan MH, North SA, Rini BI, Choueiri TK, Heng DY.
Cancer. 2013 Aug 15;119(16):2999-3006.
External validation and comparison with other models of the International Metastatic Renal-Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium prognostic model: a population-based study.
Heng DY, Xie W, Regan MM, Harshman LC, Bjarnason GA, Vaishampayan UN, Mackenzie M, Wood L, Donskov F, Tan MH, Rha SY, Agarwal N, Kollmannsberger C, Rini BI, Choueiri TK.
Lancet Oncol. 2013 Feb;14(2):141-8.
The association of clinical outcome to first-line VEGF-targeted therapy with clinical outcome to second-line VEGF-targeted therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients.
Al-Marrawi MY, Rini BI, Harshman LC, Bjarnason G, Wood L, Vaishampayan U, MacKenzie M, Knox JJ, Agarwal N, Al-Harbi H, Kollmannsberger C, Tan MH, Rha SY, Donskov FN, North S, Choueiri TK, Heng DY; International mRCC Database Consortium.
Target Oncol. 2013 Sep;8(3):203-209.
2012
Conditional survival of patients with metastatic renal-cell carcinoma treated with VEGF-targeted therapy: a population-based study.
Harshman LC, Xie W, Bjarnason GA, Knox JJ, MacKenzie M, Wood L, Srinivas S, Vaishampayan UN, Tan MH, Rha SY, Donskov F, Agarwal N, Kollmannsberger C, North S, Rini BI, Heng DY, Choueiri TK.
Lancet Oncol. 2012 Sep;13(9):927-35.
Primary anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-refractory metastatic renal cell carcinoma: clinical characteristics, risk factors, and subsequent therapy.
Heng DY, Mackenzie MJ, Vaishampayan UN, Bjarnason GA, Knox JJ, Tan MH, Wood L, Wang Y, Kollmannsberger C, North S, Donskov F, Rini BI, Choueiri TK.
Ann Oncol. 2012 Jun;23(6):1549-55.
The impact of kidney function on the outcome of metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients treated with vascular endothelial growth factor-targeted therapy.
Macfarlane R, Heng DY, Xie W, Knox JJ, McDermott DF, Rini BI, Kollmannsberger C, Choueiri TK.
Cancer. 2012 Jan 15;118(2):365-70.
2011
Prognostic model for survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: results from the international kidney cancer working group.
Manola J, Royston P, Elson P, McCormack JB, Mazumdar M, Négrier S, Escudier B, Eisen T, Dutcher J, Atkins M, Heng DY, Choueiri TK, Motzer R, Bukowski R; International Kidney Cancer Working Group.
Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Aug 15;17(16):5443-50.
Comparison of four early posttherapy imaging changes (EPTIC; RECIST 1.0, tumor shrinkage, computed tomography tumor density, Choi criteria) in assessing outcome to vascular endothelial growth factor-targeted therapy in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
Krajewski KM, Guo M, Van den Abbeele AD, Yap J, Ramaiya N, Jagannathan J, Heng DY, Atkins MB, McDermott DF, Schutz FA, Pedrosa I, Choueiri TK.
Eur Urol. 2011 May;59(5):856-62.
Progression-free survival as a predictor of overall survival in metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with contemporary targeted therapy.
Heng DY, Xie W, Bjarnason GA, Vaishampayan U, Tan MH, Knox J, Donskov F, Wood L, Kollmannsberger C, Rini BI, Choueiri TK.
Cancer. 2011 Jun 15;117(12):2637-42.
The impact of cytoreductive nephrectomy on survival of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving vascular endothelial growth factor targeted therapy.
Choueiri TK, Xie W, Kollmannsberger C, North S, Knox JJ, Lampard JG, McDermott DF, Rini BI, Heng DY.
J Urol. 2011 Jan;185(1):60-6.
2010
Sunitinib rechallenge in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients.
Zama IN, Hutson TE, Elson P, Cleary JM, Choueiri TK, Heng DY, Ramaiya N, Michaelson MD, Garcia JA, Knox JJ, Escudier B, Rini BI.
Cancer. 2010 Dec 1;116(23):5400-6.
Vascular endothelial growth factor-targeted therapy for the treatment of adult metastatic Xp11.2 translocation renal cell carcinoma.
Choueiri TK, Lim ZD, Hirsch MS, Tamboli P, Jonasch E, McDermott DF, Dal Cin P, Corn P, Vaishampayan U, Heng DY, Tannir NM.
Cancer. 2010 Nov 15;116(22):5219-25.
Clinical outcome in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients after failure of initial vascular endothelial growth factor-targeted therapy.
Vickers MM, Choueiri TK, Rogers M, Percy A, Finch D, Zama I, Cheng T, North S, Knox JJ, Kollmannsberger C, McDermott DF, Rini BI, Heng DY.
Urology. 2010 Aug;76(2):430-4.
2009
Prognostic factors for overall survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with vascular endothelial growth factor-targeted agents: results from a large, multicenter study.
Heng DY, Xie W, Regan MM, Warren MA, Golshayan AR, Sahi C, Eigl BJ, Ruether JD, Cheng T, North S, Venner P, Knox JJ, Chi KN, Kollmannsberger C, McDermott DF, Oh WK, Atkins MB, Bukowski RM, Rini BI, Choueiri TK.
J Clin Oncol. 2009 Dec 1;27(34):5794-9.
Tolerance of sunitinib in dialyzed patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Vickers MM, Heng DY, Hemmelgarn B, Eigl BJ.
Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2009 Oct;7(3):E104-6.
A population-based study evaluating the impact of sunitinib on overall survival in the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell cancer. Cancer.
Heng DYC, Chi KN, Murray N, Jin T, Garcia JA, Bukowski RM, Rini BI, Kollmannsberger C.
2009 Feb 15;115(4):776-83.