2014
Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treatment
Marur S, Burtness B. Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treatment. Current Opinion In Oncology 2014, 26: 252-258. PMID: 24626127, PMCID: PMC5813288, DOI: 10.1097/cco.0000000000000072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk human papilloma virusOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaHPV-unrelated cancersSquamous cell carcinomaNodal stageCell carcinomaTumor stageSquamous cell carcinoma treatmentHPV-unrelated tumorsAdvanced nodal stageRisk of deathCurrent treatment paradigmsHuman papilloma virusParaffin-embedded tissue blocksImportant causative factorAdvanced nodalDistant diseaseHPV statusCurative therapyFavorable prognosisOropharyngeal cancerRetrospective studyPapilloma virusTreatment paradigmRisk groups
2013
Extranodal Extension of Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Correlation with Biochemical Endpoints, Nodal Persistence, and Systemic Disease Progression
Lango M, Flieder D, Arrangoiz R, Veloski C, Yu JQ, Li T, Burtness B, Mehra R, Galloway T, Ridge JA. Extranodal Extension of Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Correlation with Biochemical Endpoints, Nodal Persistence, and Systemic Disease Progression. Thyroid 2013, 23: 1099-1105. PMID: 23421588, PMCID: PMC3770240, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2013.0027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAutoantibodiesBiomarkersCarcinomaCarcinoma, PapillaryDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLogistic ModelsLymph NodesLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNeck DissectionNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingOdds RatioPhiladelphiaProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantReoperationRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsThyroglobulinThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid NeoplasmsThyroidectomyTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsComplete biochemical responseMetastatic papillary thyroid carcinomaSystemic disease progressionPapillary thyroid carcinomaExtranodal extensionDisease progressionRAI administrationUntreated patientsNeck dissectionTumor persistenceT4 classificationThyroid carcinomaLong-term clinical outcomesPresence of ENECenter cohort studyGross residual diseaseRadioactive iodine treatmentTherapeutic neck dissectionAnti-thyroglobulin antibodiesRecurrence/persistenceNational Cancer InstituteSuspicious imagingDistant diseaseNodal diseasePrior surgery
2005
Five-Year Update of an Expanded Phase II Study of Dose-Dense and -Intense Doxorubicin, Paclitaxel and Cyclophosphamide (ATC) in High-Risk Breast Cancer
Abu-Khalaf MM, Windsor S, Ebisu K, Salikooti S, Ananthanarayanan G, Chung GG, DiGiovanna MP, Haffty BG, Abrams M, Farber LR, Hsu AD, Reiss M, Zelterman D, Burtness BA. Five-Year Update of an Expanded Phase II Study of Dose-Dense and -Intense Doxorubicin, Paclitaxel and Cyclophosphamide (ATC) in High-Risk Breast Cancer. Oncology 2005, 69: 372-383. PMID: 16319508, DOI: 10.1159/000089991.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk breast cancerBreast cancerAdjuvant therapyLymph nodesCommon grade 3 toxicitiesIpsilateral axillary lymph nodesGrade 3 toxicityGrade 3/4 neutropeniaPhase II studyAxillary lymph nodesPalmar-plantar erythrodysesthesiaDose-denseEligible patientsFeasible regimenFilgrastim supportNeutropenic feverDistant diseaseAxillary nodesDose intensityII studyBC surgerySequential doxorubicinAcute leukemiaMetastatic cancerMedian number