Treatment Delays in Primarily Resected Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: National Benchmarks and Survival Associations
Morse E, Judson B, Husain Z, Burtness B, Yarbrough WG, Sasaki C, Cheraghlou S, Mehra S. Treatment Delays in Primarily Resected Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: National Benchmarks and Survival Associations. Otolaryngology 2018, 159: 987-997. PMID: 30060700, DOI: 10.1177/0194599818779052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHPV-positive patientsRadiation treatment durationTotal treatment packageOverall survivalTreatment initiationTreatment durationEnd intervalOropharyngeal cancerTreatment delayTreatment packageOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaCox proportional hazards regressionMultivariable logistic regression analysisRadiation treatmentRetrospective cross-sectional analysisNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards regressionSquamous cell carcinomaDuration of diagnosisLogistic regression analysisNational benchmarksCross-sectional analysisMedian durationOverall cohortHazards regressionTreatment delays in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma: A national cancer database analysis
Morse E, Fujiwara RJT, Judson B, Mehra S. Treatment delays in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma: A national cancer database analysis. The Laryngoscope 2018, 128: 2751-2758. PMID: 29756382, DOI: 10.1002/lary.27247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaryngeal squamous cell carcinomaOverall survivalSquamous cell carcinomaTreatment initiationNonsurgical patientsSurgical patientsTotal treatment packageMedian durationRadiation treatmentTreatment delayCell carcinomaTreatment endNational Cancer Database AnalysisEnd intervalCox proportional hazards regressionNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards regressionMultivariable logistic regressionDuration of diagnosisHigh-volume facilitiesTreatment packageRadiotherapy durationAdjuvant treatmentHazards regressionInsurance statusTreatment Times in Salivary Gland Cancer: National Patterns and Association with Survival
Morse E, Fujiwara RJT, Judson B, Mehra S. Treatment Times in Salivary Gland Cancer: National Patterns and Association with Survival. Otolaryngology 2018, 159: 283-292. PMID: 29460669, DOI: 10.1177/0194599818758020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survivalSalivary cancerTotal treatment packageMedian durationRT durationTreatment initiationRadiation treatmentTreatment characteristicsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionCox proportional hazards regressionMultivariable binary logistic regressionNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards regressionSalivary gland cancerTreatment packageBinary logistic regressionTherapy durationInitial treatmentFacility volumeHazards regressionFourth quartileCare transitionsGland cancerInsurance statusCancer Database