2024
Long-term follow up of E3311, a phase II trial of transoral surgery (TOS) followed by pathology-based adjuvant treatment in HPV-associated (HPV+) oropharynx cancer (OPC): A trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group.
Burtness B, Flamand Y, Quon H, Weinstein G, Mehra R, Garcia J, Kim S, O'malley B, Ozer E, Koch W, Gross N, Bell R, Patel M, Lango M, Morris L, Smith R, Karakla D, Richmon J, Holsinger F, Ferris R. Long-term follow up of E3311, a phase II trial of transoral surgery (TOS) followed by pathology-based adjuvant treatment in HPV-associated (HPV+) oropharynx cancer (OPC): A trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 6009-6009. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.6009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProgression-free survivalIntermediate risk patientsExtranodal extensionOverall survivalPhase II trialRisk patientsSmoking historyPack-yearsPrimary siteLong-term follow-upFavorable pathologic characteristicsMature outcome dataPrescribed radiation doseECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research GroupPost-operative radiationIncreased recurrence riskKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank testPost-operative managementCancer Research GroupHPV+ OPCWeekly cisplatinMedian followN1 diseaseN1 patients
2023
Top advances of the year: Head and neck cancer
Verma A, Burtness B. Top advances of the year: Head and neck cancer. Cancer 2023, 129: 1308-1312. PMID: 36692372, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgression-free survivalFavorable-risk patientsRisk patientsNeck cancerHuman papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal cancerGemcitabine/cisplatin chemotherapyImmature survival dataVirus-related cancersIntermediate-risk patientsFirst-line treatmentPhase 3 trialCooperative group trialsTreatment deintensificationMetastatic headOverall survivalPostoperative therapySmoking historyOropharyngeal cancerAntibody nivolumabCisplatin chemotherapyTransoral resectionTransoral surgeryNasopharyngeal cancerGroup trialsGy radiation
2015
A Phase I Study of CUDC-101, a Multitarget Inhibitor of HDACs, EGFR, and HER2, in Combination with Chemoradiation in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Galloway TJ, Wirth LJ, Colevas AD, Gilbert J, Bauman JE, Saba NF, Raben D, Mehra R, W. A, Atoyan R, Wang J, Burtness B, Jimeno A. A Phase I Study of CUDC-101, a Multitarget Inhibitor of HDACs, EGFR, and HER2, in Combination with Chemoradiation in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research 2015, 21: 1566-1573. PMID: 25573383, PMCID: PMC6607903, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-2820.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman growth factor receptor 2Peripheral blood mononuclear cellsEpidermal growth factor receptorDose-limiting toxicityAdverse eventsCUDC-101Tumor biopsiesHistone deacetylaseNeck squamous cell cancerNeck squamous cell carcinomaHigh-risk HNSCCGrowth factor receptor 2Squamous cell cancerSquamous cell carcinomaBlood mononuclear cellsExternal beam radiationTreatment of HNSCCRoute of administrationOne-week runFactor receptor 2Concurrent cisplatinGrowth factor receptorRisk patientsCell cancerCell carcinoma