2015
National treatment patterns in patients presenting with Stage IVC head and neck cancer: analysis of the National Cancer Database
Schwam ZG, Burtness B, Yarbrough WG, Mehra S, Husain Z, Judson BL. National treatment patterns in patients presenting with Stage IVC head and neck cancer: analysis of the National Cancer Database. Cancer Medicine 2015, 4: 1828-1835. PMID: 26471244, PMCID: PMC5123708, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.546.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCombined Modality TherapyComorbidityDatabases, FactualFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingPopulation SurveillanceRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseSystemic therapyPalliative therapyTreatment patternsNeck cancerCancer DatabaseClinical trialsMedicaid/uninsured statusCox proportional hazards analysisCommon treatment regimenNational treatment patternsCharlson comorbidity scorePrimary disease siteRetrospective cohort analysisProportional hazards analysisRisk of deathNeck cancer patientsMedicare/Comorbidity scoreMetastatic headOverall survivalSystemic treatmentTreatment regimenDistant metastasisKaplan-Meier
2014
Freedom from recurrence after induction cisplatin/5-FU/RT versus carboplatin/paclitaxel/RT in patients with esophageal cancer.
Thomay A, Su S, Friedant A, Ruth K, Astsaturov I, Burtness B, Denlinger C, Dotan E, Hall M, Meyer J, Shah P, Cohen S, Scott W. Freedom from recurrence after induction cisplatin/5-FU/RT versus carboplatin/paclitaxel/RT in patients with esophageal cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2014, 32: 126-126. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.32.3_suppl.126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEsophageal cancerOverall survivalGroup BLandmark analysisGroup ANeoadjuvant treatment regimenKaplan-Meier methodEsophageal cancer patientsProspective databaseR0 resectionDistant recurrencePatient demographicsSurgery patientsMeier methodMore recurrencesOperative complicationsPathologic responseTreatment regimenCancer patientsOperative procedurePatientsLarge seriesRecurrenceSurvival curvesPropensity score