2015
Treatment Factors Associated With Survival in Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer: Analysis of 6830 Cases From the National Cancer Data Base
Luryi AL, Chen MM, Mehra S, Roman SA, Sosa JA, Judson BL. Treatment Factors Associated With Survival in Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer: Analysis of 6830 Cases From the National Cancer Data Base. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2015, 141: 593-598. PMID: 25974757, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2015.0719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral cavity squamous cell cancerNational Cancer Data BaseNeck dissectionOverall survivalImproved survivalRadiation therapyTreatment factorsMultivariable analysisPositive marginsStage IEarly-stage oral cavity cancerOral cavity squamous cell carcinomaElimination of patientsTumor prognostic featuresAdjuvant radiation therapyOccult nodal diseaseOral cavity cancerSquamous cell cancerSquamous cell carcinomaPopulation-level dataAdjuvant chemotherapyPathologic restagingNodal diseaseMost patientsPrognostic impactThe Role of Adjuvant Therapy in the Management of Head and Neck Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Chen MM, Roman SA, Sosa JA, Judson BL. The Role of Adjuvant Therapy in the Management of Head and Neck Merkel Cell Carcinoma. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2015, 141: 137. PMID: 25474617, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.3052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeck Merkel cell carcinomaMerkel cell carcinomaAdjuvant radiation therapyAdjuvant chemoradiotherapyManagement of headOverall survivalRadiation therapyPositive marginsAdjuvant therapySurgical excisionTumor sizeCell carcinomaMAIN OUTCOMECox proportional hazards regression analysisNational Cancer Data BaseProportional hazards regression analysisKaplan-Meier survival analysisDifferent adjuvant therapiesStandard surgical excisionImproved overall survivalDecreased overall survivalHigh-risk patientsMetastatic lymph nodesHazards regression analysisLarger tumor size
2014
Prognostic factors for squamous cell cancer of the parotid gland: An analysis of 2104 patients
Chen MM, Roman SA, Sosa JA, Judson BL. Prognostic factors for squamous cell cancer of the parotid gland: An analysis of 2104 patients. Head & Neck 2014, 37: 1-7. PMID: 24339135, DOI: 10.1002/hed.23566.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSquamous cell cancerCell cancerRadiation therapyCutaneous squamous cell cancerCommon parotid malignancyAdjuvant radiation therapyDisease-specific mortalityDisease-specific survivalEnd Results (SEER) databaseYears of ageExtraparenchymal extensionCervical metastasisParotid malignanciesAdult patientsPrimary malignancyImproved survivalPrognostic factorsDistant metastasisResults databasePoor prognosisTumor sizeTreatment outcomesParotid glandPatientsSurgery