2019
Preoperative biopsy in parotid malignancies: Variation in use and impact on surgical margins
Benchetrit L, Torabi SJ, Morse E, Mehra S, Rahmati R, Osborn HA, Judson BL. Preoperative biopsy in parotid malignancies: Variation in use and impact on surgical margins. The Laryngoscope 2019, 130: 1450-1458. PMID: 31411749, DOI: 10.1002/lary.28224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative biopsyParotid malignanciesSurgical marginsPositive marginsClinical T1 stageNational Cancer DatabaseClinical T stageClinical N stageHigh-volume centersSubgroup of patientsMultivariable logistic regressionEarly clinical stageChi-square testAdjuvant therapyRetrospective cohortYounger patientsT stageClinical stageSurgical outcomesVolume centersBiopsy useCancer DatabaseN stageBiopsyPatientsPositive Surgical Margins in Submandibular Malignancies: Facility and Practice Variation
Benchetrit L, Morse E, Judson BL, Mehra S. Positive Surgical Margins in Submandibular Malignancies: Facility and Practice Variation. Otolaryngology 2019, 161: 620-628. PMID: 31159649, DOI: 10.1177/0194599819852094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive margin ratePositive surgical marginsPositive marginsOverall survivalMargin rateSurgical resectionSurgical marginsSubmandibular carcinomaCox proportional hazards regressionMultivariable logistic regression analysisCancer-accredited hospitalsPreoperative diagnostic biopsiesNational Cancer DatabasePrimary surgical resectionAdvanced T stageKaplan-Meier curvesProportional hazards regressionLogistic regression analysisQuality of careCarcinoma histologyRetrospective cohortMargin statusPreoperative biopsyT stageHazards regression
2015
Investigation of the presence of HPV related oropharyngeal and oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma in Mozambique
Blumberg J, Monjane L, Prasad M, Carrilho C, Judson BL. Investigation of the presence of HPV related oropharyngeal and oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma in Mozambique. Cancer Epidemiology 2015, 39: 1000-1005. PMID: 26590333, PMCID: PMC6384508, DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2015.10.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaOral tongue squamous cell carcinomaTongue squamous cell carcinomaHuman papillomavirusCell carcinomaCervical cancerOral tongueNeck cancerBiopsy samplesBiopsy proven squamous cell carcinomaEvidence of HPVRetrospective single-institution reviewOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaPresence of HPVRole of HPVAbsence of HPVHPV-positive cervical cancerHigh-risk human papillomavirusRisk human papillomavirusPositive cervical cancerSingle-institution reviewSingle referral hospitalHPV-16 E6Tongue casesOropharyngeal cancer