2020
Adjuvant 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 ResearchConceptsAnaplastic thyroid cancerLonger OSAdjuvant EBRTThyroid cancerAdjuvant external beam radiotherapyNational Cancer DatabaseExternal beam radiotherapyConcurrent chemoradiationConcurrent chemotherapyImproved survivalMedian ageCancer DatabaseRetrospective analysisBeam radiotherapyEBRTChemotherapyPatientsCancerUVAChemoradiationResectionRadiotherapy
2015
Comparison of survival outcomes among standard radiotherapy regimens in limited-stage small cell lung cancer patients receiving concurrent chemoradiation
Rutter CE, Park HS, Corso CD, Yeboa DN, Mancini BR, Lester-Coll NH, Kim AW, Decker RH. Comparison of survival outcomes among standard radiotherapy regimens in limited-stage small cell lung cancer patients receiving concurrent chemoradiation. Lung Cancer 2015, 90: 243-248. PMID: 26277031, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall cell lung cancerDose-fractionation regimensLimited-stage small cell lung cancerConcurrent CRTConcurrent chemoradiationOverall survivalLimited-stage small-cell lung cancer patientsProportional hazardsSmall cell lung cancer patientsMultivariable Cox proportional hazardsCell lung cancer patientsOptimal radiotherapy doseOngoing randomized trialsInferior overall survivalKaplan-Meier analysisCell lung cancerLarger tumor sizeMedian survival timeLung cancer patientsCox proportional hazardsStandard radiotherapy regimensLarge national datasetChemoradiation regimensSimilar OSEquivalent OS