2024
Identifying Opportunities to Deliver High‐Quality Cancer Care Across a Health System: A Clinical Responsibility
Shah H, Cohen O, Bourdillon A, Burtness B, Boffa D, Young M, Judson B, Mehra S. Identifying Opportunities to Deliver High‐Quality Cancer Care Across a Health System: A Clinical Responsibility. Otolaryngology 2024, 171: 445-456. PMID: 38606669, DOI: 10.1002/ohn.755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOral squamous cell carcinomaHealth systemCancer careLymph node yieldDeliver high-quality cancer careHigh-quality cancer careBaseline quality of careReporting of Observational StudiesFragmentation of careQuality of careFacility typeCommunity facilitiesOdds of positive surgical marginsAssociated with increased oddsPositive surgical margin rateCombination groupAcademic centersPositive surgical marginsTreating facility typeSurgical margin ratePrimary outcome measureSquamous cell carcinomaGuideline-adherent treatmentCombined careEpidemiology guidelines
2016
Pretreatment predictors of adjuvant chemoradiation in patients receiving transoral robotic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a case control study
Subramanian HE, Park HS, Barbieri A, Mahajan A, Judson BL, Mehra S, Yarbrough WG, Burtness BA, Husain ZA. Pretreatment predictors of adjuvant chemoradiation in patients receiving transoral robotic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a case control study. Cancers Of The Head & Neck 2016, 1: 7. PMID: 31093337, PMCID: PMC6460847, DOI: 10.1186/s41199-016-0008-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransoral robotic surgeryPositive lymph nodesPreoperative patient characteristicsLymph node sizePositive surgical marginsExtracapsular extensionLymph nodesPatient characteristicsSurgical marginsAdjuvant chemoradiationNeck dissectionIndependent predictorsPositive marginsLymph node extracapsular extensionSingle-institution retrospective studyNode sizeLogistic regressionRobotic surgeryNodal extracapsular extensionPreoperative lymph nodeEarly-stage diseaseMajority of patientsSquamous cell carcinomaCase-control studyPrimary oropharyngeal cancer