2017
Untreated oral cavity cancer: Long‐term survival and factors associated with treatment refusal
Cheraghlou S, Kuo P, Mehra S, Yarbrough WG, Judson BL. Untreated oral cavity cancer: Long‐term survival and factors associated with treatment refusal. The Laryngoscope 2017, 128: 664-669. PMID: 28865100, DOI: 10.1002/lary.26809.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral cavity cancerNatural courseTreatment refusalUnivariate Kaplan-Meier analysisFive-year survival rateFacility case volumeNational Cancer DatabaseStage 4 patientsExtent of diseaseMultivariate Cox regressionEarly-stage patientsKaplan-Meier analysisNumber of patientsCommon malignant diseaseLong-term survivalInitial treatment planningAdvanced diseaseUntreated patientsAdult patientsRetrospective reviewCox regressionPatient's likelihoodPoor prognosisInsurance statusMalignant disease
2015
Refusal of postoperative radiotherapy and its association with survival in head and neck cancer
Schwam ZG, Husain Z, Judson BL. Refusal of postoperative radiotherapy and its association with survival in head and neck cancer. Radiotherapy And Oncology 2015, 117: 343-350. PMID: 26508285, DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.10.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeck cancer patientsPostoperative radiotherapyPredictive factorsCancer patientsOverall survivalNegative nodesThree-year overall survivalCox proportional hazards analysisNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards analysisLong-term outcomesMultivariable logistic regressionSlow disease progressionCharlson scorePathologic variablesImproved survivalKaplan-MeierNeck cancerCancer DatabaseDisease progressionRetrospective analysisMultivariate analysisPatientsLogistic regressionSelect head