2023
Overall survival in low-comorbidity patients with stage I non–small cell lung cancer who chose stereotactic body radiotherapy compared to surgery
Udelsman B, Canavan M, Zhan P, Ely S, Park H, Boffa D, Mase V. Overall survival in low-comorbidity patients with stage I non–small cell lung cancer who chose stereotactic body radiotherapy compared to surgery. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2023, 167: 822-833.e7. PMID: 37500052, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.07.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerStereotactic body radiotherapyStage I non-small cell lung cancerLow-comorbidity patientsCell lung cancerOverall survivalSurgical managementLung cancerSurgical resectionBody radiotherapyClinical stage I non-small cell lung cancerEarly-stage non-small cell lung cancerPropensity score-matched cohortPropensity score-matched patientsPropensity score-matched analysisEarly-stage lung cancerLong-term OSNational Cancer DatabaseProportion of patientsCancer DatabasePatientsSBRT patientsSurgeryCancerMortality
2020
A National Study of Surgically Managed Atypical Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors
Walters SL, Canavan ME, Salazar MC, Resio BJ, Blasberg JD, Mase V, Boffa DJ. A National Study of Surgically Managed Atypical Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 112: 921-927. PMID: 33159862, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.09.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtypical pulmonary carcinoid tumorsPulmonary carcinoid tumorsCarcinoid tumorsCarcinoid patientsAtypical carcinoidStage IMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionNon-small cell lung cancerCox proportional hazards regressionAtypical carcinoid patientsTypical pulmonary carcinoidNational Cancer DatabasePredictors of survivalOptimal surgical managementAtypical carcinoid tumorCell lung cancerProportional hazards regressionKaplan-Meier survivalLong-term survivalNodal upstagingSurgical resectionMultivariable analysisSurgical managementHazards regressionLarge tumors