2020
Changes in Population-Level and Institutional-Level Prescribing Habits of Radioiodine Therapy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Jacobs D, Breen CT, Pucar D, Holt E, Judson BL, Mehra S. Changes in Population-Level and Institutional-Level Prescribing Habits of Radioiodine Therapy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid 2020, 31: 272-279. PMID: 32811347, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2020.0237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid cancerNational Cancer DatabaseThyroid cancerRadioactive iodine therapyNumber of patientsHospital-specific effectsIodine therapyAdvanced diseaseTotal thyroidectomyRadioiodine therapyPrescribing habitsRAI useCancer DatabaseMixed regression modelsPatientsJoinpoint analysisHospitalIndividual hospitalsCancerHospital selectionNational trendsThyroidectomyTherapySignificant declineRegression modelsAssessing National Utilization Trends and Outcomes of Robotic and Endoscopic Thyroidectomy in the United States
Jacobs D, Torabi SJ, Gibson C, Rahmati R, Mehra S, Judson BL. Assessing National Utilization Trends and Outcomes of Robotic and Endoscopic Thyroidectomy in the United States. Otolaryngology 2020, 163: 947-955. PMID: 32539533, DOI: 10.1177/0194599820927699.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseEndoscopic thyroid surgeryRobotic thyroid surgeryThyroid surgeryOpen surgeryRobotic approachNational utilization trendsUnplanned hospital readmissionMultivariable logistic regressionOutcomes of roboticsPostoperative mortalityWorse morbidityComplication rateHospital readmissionEndoscopic thyroidectomyMortality outcomesPositive marginsSurgical approachNational cohortCancer DatabasePatient outcomesEndoscopic approachRetrospective analysisSurgeryOpen approachAdjuvant external beam radiotherapy for surgically resected, nonmetastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer
Saeed NA, Kelly JR, Deshpande HA, Bhatia AK, Burtness BA, Judson BL, Mehra S, Edwards HA, Yarbrough WG, Peter PR, Holt EH, Decker RH, Husain ZA, Park HS. Adjuvant external beam radiotherapy for surgically resected, nonmetastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer. Head & Neck 2020, 42: 1031-1044. PMID: 32011055, DOI: 10.1002/hed.26086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedChemotherapy, AdjuvantHumansRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesThyroid Carcinoma, AnaplasticThyroid NeoplasmsConceptsAnaplastic thyroid cancerLonger OSAdjuvant EBRTThyroid cancerAdjuvant external beam radiotherapyNational Cancer DatabaseExternal beam radiotherapyConcurrent chemoradiationConcurrent chemotherapyImproved survivalMedian ageCancer DatabaseRetrospective analysisBeam radiotherapyEBRTChemotherapyPatientsCancerUVAChemoradiationResectionRadiotherapy
2015
Database and Registry Research in Thyroid Cancer: Striving for a New and Improved National Thyroid Cancer Database
Mehra S, Tuttle RM, Milas M, Orloff L, Bergman D, Bernet V, Brett E, Cobin R, Doherty G, Judson BL, Klopper J, Lee S, Lupo M, Machac J, Mechanick JI, Randolph G, Ross DS, Smallridge R, Terris D, Tufano R, Alon E, Clain J, DosReis L, Scherl S, Urken ML. Database and Registry Research in Thyroid Cancer: Striving for a New and Improved National Thyroid Cancer Database. Thyroid 2015, 25: 157-168. PMID: 25517683, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2014.0270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDatabases, FactualEpidemiological MonitoringHumansIncidenceRegistriesResearchThyroid NeoplasmsConceptsThyroid Cancer Care CollaborativeThyroid cancerCancer RegistryHealth registriesCancer managementPopulation-based cancer registriesDifferentiated thyroid cancerThyroid cancer databaseThyroid cancer managementQuality of careCancer researchSurveillance recommendationsCare CollaborativeOptimal treatmentCancer DatabaseRegistry researchDisease RegistryRegistryPatient carePhysician workflowCancerSpecific patientClinical researchCurrent registryDifferent treatment sites