Alterations in Cancer Treatment During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
Janczewski L, Cotler J, Merkow R, Palis B, Nelson H, Mullett T, Boffa D. Alterations in Cancer Treatment During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2340148. PMID: 37902756, PMCID: PMC10616721, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.40148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseCancer treatmentAcademic hospitalCommunity hospitalMAIN OUTCOMECOVID-19 pandemicProportion of patientsRetrospective cohort studyAvailability of treatmentFirst yearUnderwent surgeryCohort studyMedian ageCancer surgeryMedian timeTreatment of cancerCancer careTreatment modalitiesCancer screeningCancer DatabaseMedian travel distancePatientsHospitalSurgeryCancerAssessment of a collaborative treatment model for trimodal management of esophageal cancer
Udelsman B, Ermer T, Ely S, Canavan M, Zhan P, Boffa D, Blasberg J. Assessment of a collaborative treatment model for trimodal management of esophageal cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2023, 15: 4668-4680. PMID: 37868899, PMCID: PMC10586936, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-23-346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathologic complete responseNational Cancer DatabaseGy of radiationEsophageal cancerCollaborative treatmentCollaborative treatment modelMultiagent chemotherapySingle institutionRate of pCRPatient travel burdenR0 resection rateTreatment modelTrimodality therapyTrimodality treatmentNeoadjuvant chemoradiotherapyNeoadjuvant therapyR0 resectionResection rateComplete responseMultivariable analysisTumor characteristicsCancer DatabaseMedian travel distancePatientsCollaborative Cohort