2019
The changing therapeutic landscape of head and neck cancer
Cramer JD, Burtness B, Le QT, Ferris RL. The changing therapeutic landscape of head and neck cancer. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2019, 16: 669-683. PMID: 31189965, DOI: 10.1038/s41571-019-0227-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeck cancerTherapeutic landscapeNeck squamous cell carcinomaFirst immunotherapeutic agentHuman papillomavirus infectionNon-surgical therapyUpper aerodigestive tractSquamous cell carcinomaDifferent treatment modalitiesPapillomavirus infectionAerodigestive tractImmunotherapeutic agentsCell carcinomaTreatment modalitiesClinical trialsOral cavitySalivary glandsWidespread testingHNSCCDevelopment of strategiesCancerCurrent eraHeadOropharynxPatients
2017
Biomarker driven treatment of head and neck squamous cell cancer
Eze N, Lo YC, Burtness B. Biomarker driven treatment of head and neck squamous cell cancer. Cancers Of The Head & Neck 2017, 2: 6. PMID: 31093353, PMCID: PMC6460531, DOI: 10.1186/s41199-017-0025-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeck squamous cell cancerSquamous cell cancerCell cancerPredictive biomarkersNeck cancerClinical practicePredictive biomarker developmentImmune checkpoint inhibitionPlasma EBV DNATreatment-related toxicityNovel predictive biomarkerNeck cancer therapyTreatment of headCancer therapyImmune checkpoint biomarkersQuality of lifeLong-term functionEBV DNAIndividualized cancer therapyTargeted agentsCheckpoint inhibitionTreatment modalitiesSurrogate biomarkerP16 overexpressionNasopharyngeal carcinomaTreatment guidelines and patterns of care in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Primary surgical resection vs. nonsurgical treatment
Fujiwara RJT, Burtness B, Husain ZA, Judson BL, Bhatia A, Sasaki CT, Yarbrough WG, Mehra S. Treatment guidelines and patterns of care in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Primary surgical resection vs. nonsurgical treatment. Oral Oncology 2017, 71: 129-137. PMID: 28688680, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral cavity squamous cell carcinomaNational Cancer Data BaseLate-stage diseasePrimary nonsurgical treatmentOral cavity malignancyNonsurgical treatmentSquamous cell carcinomaOverall survivalSurgical resectionCell carcinomaTreatment modalitiesNational Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice GuidelinesAcademic/research programMultimodality clinical trialsDefinitive radiation therapyImproved overall survivalDecreased overall survivalPrimary surgical resectionOral cavity cancerNon-randomized natureClinical practice guidelinesPatterns of careNon-white raceProportional hazards modelBinary logistic regression
2016
Treatment trends and survival effects of chemotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer: Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base
Kuo P, Sosa JA, Burtness BA, Husain ZA, Mehra S, Roman SA, Yarbrough WG, Judson BL. Treatment trends and survival effects of chemotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer: Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer 2016, 122: 1853-1860. PMID: 27019213, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Squamous CellChemoradiotherapy, AdjuvantDatabases, FactualFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansHypopharyngeal NeoplasmsKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsHypopharyngeal cancerDefinitive settingTreatment modalitiesSurvival rateNational Cancer Data BaseMultivariate Cox regression analysisKaplan-Meier survival curvesPrimary hypopharyngeal cancerUse of chemotherapyCox regression analysisDefinitive chemoradiotherapyAdjuvant chemoradiotherapyAdjuvant treatmentDefinitive radiotherapyAdult patientsOverall survivalClinical factorsDefinitive treatmentImproved survivalDistant metastasisSurvival outcomesChemoradiotherapyRadiotherapySurvival analysisSurvival curves
2009
Targeting EGFR resistance networks in head and neck cancer
Ratushny V, Astsaturov I, Burtness BA, Golemis EA, Silverman JS. Targeting EGFR resistance networks in head and neck cancer. Cellular Signalling 2009, 21: 1255-1268. PMID: 19258037, PMCID: PMC2770888, DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2009.02.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaResponse of patientsPersonalized treatment approachesTumor progenitor cellsTypes of cancerAntibody agentsClinical outcomesCell carcinomaNeck cancerTreatment modalitiesInflammatory agentsTherapeutic strategiesTreatment approachesViral infectionEGFR/ErbB1Individual tumorsCancer typesProgenitor cellsCancerEGFREpigenetic modulationSurvival responseBiological featuresDevelopmental lineageOncoprotein