2019
Is robotic surgery an option for early T‐stage laryngeal cancer? Early nationwide results
Hanna J, Brauer PR, Morse E, Judson B, Mehra S. Is robotic surgery an option for early T‐stage laryngeal cancer? Early nationwide results. The Laryngoscope 2019, 130: 1195-1201. PMID: 31233223, DOI: 10.1002/lary.28144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransoral robotic surgeryTransoral laser microsurgeryAdjuvant radiationOpen surgerySupraglottic patientsOverall survivalCox regressionMargin statusMultivariable analysisSurgical approachLaryngeal cancerLaryngeal squamous cell carcinoma patientsSquamous cell carcinoma patientsEarly-stage laryngeal cancerRobotic surgeryMultivariable Cox regressionNational Cancer DatabaseCell carcinoma patientsRetrospective database analysisViable treatment optionTORS patientsPartial surgeryMultivariable logisticCarcinoma patientsNegative margins
2018
Positive surgical margins in parotid malignancies: Institutional variation and survival association
Morse E, Fujiwara RJT, Judson B, Prasad ML, Mehra S. Positive surgical margins in parotid malignancies: Institutional variation and survival association. The Laryngoscope 2018, 129: 129-137. PMID: 30194762, DOI: 10.1002/lary.27221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive surgical marginsPositive margin rateOverall survivalSurgical marginsHigh-volume facilitiesMargin ratePositive marginsParotid malignanciesMucoepidermoid carcinomaCox proportional hazards regressionOverall positive margin rateLow-grade mucoepidermoid carcinomaNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards regressionMultivariable logistic regressionPositive margin statusRetrospective database analysisParotid cancerMargin statusHazards regressionCancer DatabaseSurvival associationsDecreased oddsCystic carcinomaPatientsChanging prognosis of oral cancer: An analysis of survival and treatment between 1973 and 2014
Cheraghlou S, Schettino A, Zogg CK, Judson BL. Changing prognosis of oral cancer: An analysis of survival and treatment between 1973 and 2014. The Laryngoscope 2018, 128: 2762-2769. PMID: 30194691, DOI: 10.1002/lary.27315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral cavity cancerLate-stage diseaseAdjuvant therapyOral cancerEnd Results 9 registriesCox survival regressionHigher nodal yieldsNational Cancer DatabaseEarly-stage diseaseKaplan-Meier analysisRetrospective database analysisAnalysis of survivalAdjuvant chemoradiotherapyNodal yieldAdult patientsNeck dissectionRetrospective studyCancer DatabasePrognosisPatientsCancerDiseaseDatabase analysisSurvival regressionChemoradiotherapy