Dan E Olson

Publications (3)12.82 Total impact

• Article: Use of standardized reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and the standardized expression measurement center in multi-institutional trials to develop meaningful lung cancer classification based on molecular genetic criteria.

  James C Willey, Charles R Knight, Erin L Crawford, Dan E Olson, Jeffrey Hammersly, Youngsook Yoon, Imran Sharief
  Chest 06/2004; 125(5 Suppl):155S-6S. · 5.25 Impact Factor
• Article: The c-myc x E2F-1/p21 interactive gene expression index augments cytomorphologic diagnosis of lung cancer in fine-needle aspirate specimens.

  Kristy A Warner, Erin L Crawford, Aiman Zaher, Robert J Coombs, Haitham Elsamaloty, Stacie L Roshong-Denk, Imran Sharief, Guillermo V Amurao, Yongsook Yoon, Amro Y Al-Astal, [......], Timothy G Graves, Charles R Knight, Michael W Harr, Todd B Sheridan, Jeffrey P DeMuth, Robert J Zahorchak, Jeffrey R Hammersley, Dan E Olson, Samuel J Durham, James C Willey
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  ABSTRACT: Morphological analysis of cytologic samples obtained by fine-needle aspirate (FNA) or bronchoscopy is an important method for diagnosing bronchogenic carcinoma. However, this approach has only about 65 to 80% diagnostic sensitivity. Based on previous studies, the c-myc x E2F-1/p21WAF1/CIP1 (p21 hereafter) gene expression index is highly sensitive and specific for distinguishing normal from malignant bronchial epithelial tissues. In an effort to improve sensitivity of diagnosing lung cancer in cytologic specimens, we used Standardized Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (StaRT-PCR) to measure the c-myc x E2F-1/p21 index in cDNA samples from 14 normal lung samples (6 normal lung parenchyma and 8 normal bronchial epithelial cell [NBEC] biopsies), and 16 FNA biopsies from 14 suspected tumors. Based on cytomorphologic criteria, 11 of the 14 suspected tumors were diagnosed as bronchogenic carcinoma and three specimens were non-diagnostic. Subsequent biopsy samples confirmed that the three non-diagnostic samples were derived from lung carcinomas. The index value for each bronchogenic carcinoma was above a cut-off value of 7000 and the index value of all but one normal sample was below 7000. Thus the c-myc x E2F-1/p21 index may augment cytomorphologic diagnosis of bronchogenic carcinoma biopsy samples, particularly those considered non-diagnostic by cytomorphologic criteria.
  Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 09/2003; 5(3):176-83. · 3.58 Impact Factor
• Article: Disseminated blastomycosis.

  Ragheb A Assaly, Jeffrey R Hammersley, Dan E Olson, Azmi Farrouk, Aiman Zaher, Guillermo V Amurao, Walter B Shelley, E Dorinda Shelley, Cristine V Amurao
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  ABSTRACT: A 26-year-old veiled Saudi-Arabian woman presented with hemoptysis, and multiple nodules and abscesses. A skin biopsy specimen revealed yeast forms consistent with Blastomyces dermatitidis. Fungal cultures from bronchoscopy and skin specimens also grew B dermatitidis. She was treated with oral itraconazole (200 mg twice a day). Both lung and skin lesions showed improvement within 6 weeks.
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 02/2003; 48(1):123-7. · 3.99 Impact Factor