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
2015
Addition of radiotherapy to adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with improved overall survival in resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma: An analysis of the National Cancer Data Base
Rutter CE, Park HS, Corso CD, Lester-Coll NH, Mancini BR, Yeboa DN, Johung KL. Addition of radiotherapy to adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with improved overall survival in resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma: An analysis of the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer 2015, 121: 4141-4149. PMID: 26280559, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImproved overall survivalNational Cancer Data BaseOverall survivalPancreatic adenocarcinomaAdjuvant chemotherapyR0 resectionR1 resectionPN1 diseaseNational cohortSubset analysisPropensity scoreAddition of radiotherapyMedian radiotherapy doseOutcome of chemotherapyLarge national cohortPT1-3N0CRT groupClinicopathologic characteristicsCRT patientsRandomized comparisonCox regressionRadiotherapy doseOptimal treatmentPancreatic cancerUnivariate analysis