2022
Changes in Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing Relative to the Revised US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation on Prostate Cancer Screening
Leapman MS, Wang R, Park H, Yu JB, Sprenkle PC, Cooperberg MR, Gross CP, Ma X. Changes in Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing Relative to the Revised US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation on Prostate Cancer Screening. JAMA Oncology 2022, 8: 41-47. PMID: 34762100, PMCID: PMC8587214, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancer screeningUS Preventive Services Task ForcePSA testingCancer screeningInterrupted time series analysisCohort studyUS Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendationDraft statementLarge national cohort studyEligible beneficiariesPSA testing ratesRetrospective cohort studyRate of PSANational cohort studyProstate-specific antigenAge-adjusted ratesTask Force recommendationsUSPSTF guidelinesMedian ageGuideline changesProstate cancerMedian numberMAIN OUTCOMEClaims dataTesting rates
2020
Association of cytoreductive nephrectomy and survival in the immune checkpoint inhibitor era.
Miccio J, Ma S, Oladeru O, Yang D, Peters G, Jethwa K, Park H, Hurwitz M, Leapman M, Sprenkle P, Nguyen P, Yu J, Johung K. Association of cytoreductive nephrectomy and survival in the immune checkpoint inhibitor era. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 748-748. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.6_suppl.748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaCytoreductive nephrectomyICI eraImproved overall survivalNational Cancer DatabaseOverall survivalIFN eraFuhrman gradeBenefit of CNEfficacy of ICIsClinical T stageCox regression analysisTreatment facility typeRenal cell carcinomaCARMENA trialInterferon eraMultivariable associateN0 diseaseOS benefitProspective reevaluationMedian ageT stageCell carcinomaCancer DatabasePartial nephrectomyAdjuvant 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
2017
Angiotensin receptor blockade: a novel approach for symptomatic radiation necrosis after stereotactic radiosurgery
Chowdhary M, Okwan-Duodu D, Switchenko JM, Press RH, Jhaveri J, Buchwald ZS, Zhong J, Chapman BV, Bindra RS, Contessa JN, Park HS, Yu JB, Decker RH, Olson JJ, Oyesiku NM, Abrams RA, Shu HG, Curran WJ, Crocker IR, Patel KR. Angiotensin receptor blockade: a novel approach for symptomatic radiation necrosis after stereotactic radiosurgery. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2017, 136: 289-298. PMID: 29124649, PMCID: PMC5784434, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-017-2652-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptomatic radiation necrosisOverall survivalStereotactic radiosurgeryIntracranial efficacyRadiation necrosisKaplan-Meier methodLate radiation toxicitySignificant predictive factorsArteriovenous malformation patientsCumulative incidence modelsIntracranial outcomesBaseline characteristicsBlockade therapyBrain metastasesProspective trialABT groupConsecutive patientsMedian ageMeier methodPreclinical evidencePredictive factorsAVM cohortsRadiation toxicityPrognostic analysisMultivariate analysis
2016
Concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone for “biopsy‐only” glioblastoma multiforme
Kole AJ, Park HS, Yeboa DN, Rutter CE, Corso CD, Aneja S, Lester-Coll NH, Mancini BR, Knisely JP, Yu JB. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone for “biopsy‐only” glioblastoma multiforme. Cancer 2016, 122: 2364-2370. PMID: 27172136, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPropensity score-matched analysisConcurrent chemoradiotherapySignificant OS benefitOverall survivalGlioblastoma multiformeOS benefitUS National Cancer Data BaseMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionNational Cancer Data BaseCox proportional hazards regressionImproved overall survivalStandard postoperative therapyProportional hazards regressionMultivariable logistic regressionLog-rank testStandard of careChi-square testClinicopathologic predictorsPostoperative therapySurgical resectionImproved survivalMedian ageMultivariable analysisHazards regressionNational cohort