2023
Association of Age and Frailty With 30‐Day Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Oral Cavity Cancer Surgery
Boyi T, Williams L, Kafle S, Roche A, Judson B. Association of Age and Frailty With 30‐Day Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Oral Cavity Cancer Surgery. Otolaryngology 2023, 169: 1523-1532. PMID: 37595108, DOI: 10.1002/ohn.476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Quality Improvement Program databaseFrailty index scoreAdverse eventsSurgeons National Quality Improvement Program databaseIndex scoreOral cavity cancer surgeryQuality Improvement Program databaseRetrospective cross-sectional analysisHigher mFI scoresPostoperative adverse eventsImprovement Program databaseChronic obstructive diseaseCongestive heart failureFree flap reconstructionAssociation of ageImpact of ageCross-sectional analysisMore comorbiditiesOSCC resectionAnesthesiologists classificationPerioperative outcomesComposite resectionNeck dissectionHeart failureMFI score
2018
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 regression