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Department of Urology

Eric J. Small, MD

Recent Publications

Publications – 2008

D'Amico, A.V., S. Halabi, R. Vollmer, M. Loffredo, E. McMahon, B. Sanford, L. Archer, N.J. Vogelzang, E.J. Small, and P.W. Kantoff, p53 Protein Expression Status and Recurrence in Men Treated with Radiation and Androgen Suppression Therapy for Higher-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Prospective Phase II Cancer and Leukemia Group B Study (CALGB 9682). Urology, 2008.
Philips, G.K., S. Halabi, B.L. Sanford, D. Bajorin, and E.J. Small, A phase II trial of cisplatin, fixed dose-rate gemcitabine and gefitinib for advanced urothelial tract carcinoma: results of the Cancer and Leukaemia Group B 90102. BJU Int, 2008. 101(1): p. 20-5.
Rosenberg, J.E., S. Halabi, B.L. Sanford, A.L. Himelstein, J.N. Atkins, R.J. Hohl, F. Millard, D.F. Bajorin, and E.J. Small, Phase II study of bortezomib in patients with previously treated advanced urothelial tract transitional cell carcinoma: CALGB 90207. Ann Oncol, 2008.
Ryan, C.J., A.H. Harzstark, J. Rosenberg, A. Lin, C. Claros, I.D. Goldfine, J.F. Kerner, and E.J. Small, A pilot dose-escalation study of the effects of nordihydroguareacetic acid on hormone and prostate specific antigen levels in patients with relapsed prostate cancer. BJU Int, 2008. 101(4): p. 436-9.
Scher, H.I., S. Halabi, I. Tannock, M. Morris, C.N. Sternberg, M.A. Carducci, M.A. Eisenberger, C. Higano, G.J. Bubley, R. Dreicer, D. Petrylak, P. Kantoff, E. Basch, W.K. Kelly, W.D. Figg, E.J. Small, T.M. Beer, G. Wilding, A. Martin, and M. Hussain, Design and end points of clinical trials for patients with progressive prostate cancer and castrate levels of testosterone: recommendations of the prostate cancer clinical trials working group. J Clin Oncol, 2008. 26(7): p. 1148-59.
 

Publications – 2007

D'Amico, A.V., S. Halabi, C. Tempany, D. Titelbaum, G.K. Philips, M. Loffredo, E. McMahon, B. Sanford, N.J. Vogelzang, and E.J. Small, Tumor Volume Changes on 1.5 Tesla Endorectal Mri During Neoadjuvant Androgen Suppression Therapy for Higher-Risk Prostate Cancer and Recurrence in Men Treated Using Radiation Therapy Results of the Phase Ii Calgb 9682 Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2007.
Fong, L. and E.J. Small, Immunotherapy for prostate cancer. Curr Oncol Rep, 2007. 9(3): p. 226-33.
Garcia, J.A., J.E. Rosenberg, V. Weinberg, J. Scott, M. Frohlich, J.W. Park, and E.J. Small, Evaluation and significance of circulating epithelial cells in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. BJU Int, 2007. 99(3): p. 519-24.
Halabi, S., S.S. Ou, N.J. Vogelzang, and E.J. Small, Inverse correlation between body mass index and clinical outcomes in men with advanced castration-recurrent prostate cancer. Cancer, 2007. 110(7): p. 1478-84.
Halabi, S., N.J. Vogelzang, S.S. Ou, and E.J. Small, The impact of prior radical prostatectomy in men with metastatic castration recurrent prostate cancer: a pooled analysis of 9 Cancer and Leukemia Group B Trials. J Urol, 2007. 177(2): p. 531-4.
Harzstark, A.L. and E.J. Small, Immunotherapy for prostate cancer using antigen-loaded antigen-presenting cells: APC8015 (Provenge). Expert Opin Biol Ther, 2007. 7(8): p. 1275-80.
Hsieh, A.C., E.J. Small, and C.J. Ryan, Androgen-response elements in hormone-refractory prostate cancer: implications for treatment development. Lancet Oncol, 2007. 8(10): p. 933-9.
Lin, A.M., B.I. Rini, M.K. Derynck, V. Weinberg, M. Park, C.J. Ryan, J.E. Rosenberg, G. Bubley, and E.J. Small, A phase I trial of docetaxel/estramustine/imatinib in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Clin Genitourin Cancer, 2007. 5(5): p. 323-8.
Lin, A.M., C.J. Ryan, and E.J. Small, Intermittent chemotherapy for metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol, 2007. 61(3): p. 243-54.
Lin, A.M. and E.J. Small, Prostate cancer update: 2006. Curr Opin Oncol, 2007. 19(3): p. 229-33.
Rosenberg, J.E., V.K. Weinberg, W.K. Kelly, D. Michaelson, M.H. Hussain, G. Wilding, M. Gross, D. Hutcheon, and E.J. Small, Activity of second-line chemotherapy in docetaxel-refractory hormone-refractory prostate cancer patients : randomized phase 2 study of ixabepilone or mitoxantrone and prednisone. Cancer, 2007. 110(3): p. 556-63.
Ryan, C.J., S. Halabi, S.S. Ou, N.J. Vogelzang, P. Kantoff, and E.J. Small, Adrenal androgen levels as predictors of outcome in prostate cancer patients treated with ketoconazole plus antiandrogen withdrawal: results from a cancer and leukemia group B study. Clin Cancer Res, 2007. 13(7): p. 2030-7.
Ryan, C.J., C.M. Haqq, J. Simko, D.F. Nonaka, J.M. Chan, V. Weinberg, E.J. Small, and I.D. Goldfine, Expression of insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor in local and metastatic prostate cancer. Urol Oncol, 2007. 25(2): p. 134-40.
Ryan, C.J., W.M. Stadler, B. Roth, D. Hutcheon, S. Conry, T. Puchalski, C. Morris, and E.J. Small, Phase I dose escalation and pharmacokinetic study of AZD2171, an inhibitor of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase, in patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). Invest New Drugs, 2007.
Ryan, C.J., V. Weinberg, J. Rosenberg, L. Fong, A. Lin, J. Kim, and E.J. Small, Phase II study of ketoconazole plus granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor for prostate cancer: effect of extent of disease on outcome. J Urol, 2007. 178(6): p. 2372-6; discussion 2377.
Small, E.J., J. Fontana, N. Tannir, R.S. DiPaola, G. Wilding, M. Rubin, R.B. Iacona, and F.F. Kabbinavar, A phase II trial of gefitinib in patients with non-metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer. BJU Int, 2007. 100(4): p. 765-9.
Small, E.J., N. Sacks, J. Nemunaitis, W.J. Urba, E. Dula, A.S. Centeno, W.G. Nelson, D. Ando, C. Howard, F. Borellini, M. Nguyen, K. Hege, and J.W. Simons, Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor--secreting allogeneic cellular immunotherapy for hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res, 2007. 13(13): p. 3883-91.
Small, E.J., N.S. Tchekmedyian, B.I. Rini, L. Fong, I. Lowy, and J.P. Allison, A pilot trial of CTLA-4 blockade with human anti-CTLA-4 in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res, 2007. 13(6): p. 1810-5.
 

Publications – 2006

Fong, L. and E.J. Small, Immunotherapy for prostate cancer. Curr Urol Rep, 2006. 7(3): p. 239-46.
Halabi, S., N.J. Vogelzang, S.S. Ou, W.K. Kelly, and E.J. Small, Clinical Outcomes by Age in Men With Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 8 Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Studies. J Urol, 2006. 176(1): p. 81-6.
Humphrey, P.A., S. Halabi, J. Picus, B. Sanford, N.J. Vogelzang, E.J. Small, and P.W. Kantoff, Prognostic significance of plasma scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor levels in patients with metastatic hormone- refractory prostate cancer: results from cancer and leukemia group B 150005/9480. Clin Genitourin Cancer, 2006. 4(4): p. 269-74.
Hussain, M., C.M. Tangen, C. Higano, P.F. Schelhammer, J. Faulkner, E.D. Crawford, G. Wilding, A. Akdas, E.J. Small, B. Donnelly, G. MacVicar, and D. Raghavan, Absolute prostate-specific antigen value after androgen deprivation is a strong independent predictor of survival in new metastatic prostate cancer: data from Southwest Oncology Group Trial 9346 (INT-0162). J Clin Oncol, 2006. 24(24): p. 3984-90.
Kornblith, A.B., J.M. Dowell, J.E. Herndon, 2nd, B.J. Engelman, S. Bauer-Wu, E.J. Small, V.A. Morrison, J. Atkins, H.J. Cohen, and J.C. Holland, Telephone monitoring of distress in patients aged 65 years or older with advanced stage cancer: a cancer and leukemia group B study. Cancer, 2006. 107(11): p. 2706-14.
Lin, A.M., R.M. Hershberg, and E.J. Small, Immunotherapy for prostate cancer using prostatic acid phosphatase loaded antigen presenting cells. Urol Oncol, 2006. 24(5): p. 434-41.
Lin, A.M., B.I. Rini, and E.J. Small, Clinical trials in patients with biochemically relapsed prostate cancer. BJU Int, 2006. 97(5): p. 905-10.
Lin, A.M., B.I. Rini, V. Weinberg, K. Fong, C.J. Ryan, J.E. Rosenberg, L. Fong, and E.J. Small, A phase II trial of imatinib mesylate in patients with biochemical relapse of prostate cancer after definitive local therapy. BJU Int, 2006. 98(4): p. 763-9.
Lin, A.M., C.J. Ryan, and E.J. Small, Intermittent chemotherapy for metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol, 2006.
Montie, J.E., N.A. Abrahams, R.R. Bahnson, M.A. Eisenberger, R. El-Galley, H.W. Herr, G.R. Hudes, T.M. Kuzel, P.H. Lange, A. Patterson, A. Pollack, J.P. Richie, W.J. Sexton, W.U. Shipley, E.J. Small, D.L. Trump, P.J. Walther, and T.G. Wilson, Bladder cancer. Clinical guidelines in oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 2006. 4(10): p. 984-1014.
Petrylak, D.P., D.P. Ankerst, C.S. Jiang, C.M. Tangen, M.H. Hussain, P.N. Lara, Jr., J.A. Jones, M.E. Taplin, P.A. Burch, M. Kohli, M.C. Benson, E.J. Small, D. Raghavan, and E.D. Crawford, Evaluation of prostate-specific antigen declines for surrogacy in patients treated on SWOG 99-16. J Natl Cancer Inst, 2006. 98(8): p. 516-21.
Rini, B.I., L. Fong, V. Weinberg, B. Kavanaugh, and E.J. Small, Clinical and immunological characteristics of patients with serologic progression of prostate cancer achieving long-term disease control with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. J Urol, 2006. 175(6): p. 2087-91.
Rini, B.I., S. Halabi, R. Barrier, K.A. Margolin, D. Avigan, T. Logan, W.M. Stadler, P.L. McCarthy, C.A. Linker, and E.J. Small, Adoptive immunotherapy by allogeneic stem cell transplantation for metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a CALGB intergroup phase II study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant, 2006. 12(7): p. 778-85.
Rini, B.I., E. Jaeger, V. Weinberg, N. Sein, K. Chew, K. Fong, J. Simko, E.J. Small, and F.M. Waldman, Clinical response to therapy targeted at vascular endothelial growth factor in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: impact of patient characteristics and Von Hippel-Lindau gene status. BJU Int, 2006. 98(4): p. 756-62.
Rini, B.I., V. Weinberg, S. Dunlap, A. Elchinoff, N. Yu, R. Bok, J. Simko, and E.J. Small, Maximal COX-2 immunostaining and clinical response to celecoxib and interferon alpha therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Cancer, 2006. 106(3): p. 566-75.
Rini, B.I., V. Weinberg, L. Fong, S. Conry, R.M. Hershberg, and E.J. Small, Combination immunotherapy with prostatic acid phosphatase pulsed antigen-presenting cells (provenge) plus bevacizumab in patients with serologic progression of prostate cancer after definitive local therapy. Cancer, 2006.
Rosenberg, J.E., M.D. Galsky, N.C. Rohs, V.K. Weinberg, W.K. Oh, W.K. Kelly, and E.J. Small, A retrospective evaluation of second-line chemotherapy response in hormone-refractory prostate carcinoma: second line taxane-based therapy after first-line epothilone-B analog ixabepilone (BMS-247550) therapy. Cancer, 2006. 106(1): p. 58-62.
Ryan, C.J., E.P. Elkin, E.J. Small, J. Duchane, and P. Carroll, Reduced incidence of bony metastasis at initial prostate cancer diagnosis: data from CaPSURE. Urol Oncol, 2006. 24(5): p. 396-402.
Ryan, C.J., A.M. Lin, and E.J. Small, Angiogenesis inhibition plus chemotherapy for metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer: history and rationale. Urol Oncol, 2006. 24(3): p. 250-3.
Ryan, C.J. and E.J. Small, Prostate cancer update: 2005. Curr Opin Oncol, 2006. 18(3): p. 284-8.
Ryan, C.J. and E.J. Small, Androgen deprivation therapy in locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. Minerva Urol Nefrol, 2006. 58(3): p. 119-26.
Ryan, C.J. and E.J. Small, High risk biochemical relapse and the timing of androgen deprivation therapy. J Urol, 2006. 176(6 Pt 2): p. S61-5.
Small, E.J., M.A. Carducci, J.M. Burke, R. Rodriguez, L. Fong, L. van Ummersen, D.C. Yu, J. Aimi, D. Ando, P. Working, D. Kirn, and G. Wilding, A Phase I Trial of Intravenous CG7870, a Replication-Selective, Prostate-Specific Antigen-Targeted Oncolytic Adenovirus, for the Treatment of Hormone-Refractory, Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Mol Ther, 2006.
Small, E.J., S. Halabi, P. Kantoff, A. D'Amico, W. Stadler, W.K. Kelley, J. Mohler, D. Bajorin, and N.J. Vogelzang, Activities and accomplishments of the cancer and leukemia group B genitourinary committee. Clin Cancer Res, 2006. 12(11 Pt 2): p. 3596s-600s.
Small, E.J. and C.J. Ryan, The case for secondary hormonal therapies in the chemotherapy age. J Urol, 2006. 176(6 Pt 2): p. S66-71.
Small, E.J., P.F. Schellhammer, C.S. Higano, C.H. Redfern, J.J. Nemunaitis, F.H. Valone, S.S. Verjee, L.A. Jones, and R.M. Hershberg, Placebo-controlled phase III trial of immunologic therapy with sipuleucel-T (APC8015) in patients with metastatic, asymptomatic hormone refractory prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol, 2006. 24(19): p. 3089-94.
So-Rosillo, R. and E.J. Small, Sipuleucel-T (APC8015) for prostate cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther, 2006. 6(9): p. 1163-7.
Stadler, W.M., S. Halabi, B. Rini, M.S. Ernstoff, E. Davila, J. Picus, R. Barrier, and E.J. Small, A phase II study of gemcitabine and capecitabine in metastatic renal cancer: a report of Cancer and Leukemia Group B protocol 90008. Cancer, 2006. 107(6): p. 1273-9.
Wilding, G., P. Soulie, D. Trump, A. Das-Gupta, and E. Small, Results from a pilot Phase I trial of gefitinib combined with docetaxel and estramustine in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Cancer, 2006. 106(9): p. 1917-24.