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Oropharyngeal Cancer Early Outcomes and Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kang J, Wu Y, Rybkin A, Yu Y, Chen L, Zakeri K, McBride S, Riaz N, Tsai C, Gelblum D, Wong R, Sherman E, Pfister D, Lee N. Oropharyngeal Cancer Early Outcomes and Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2021, 111: e412. PMCID: PMC8536212, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.1185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDefinitive radiation therapyCOVID cohortRadiation therapyMore patientsAdvanced diseaseMonth outcomesPC cohortNew patientsCurative-intent radiation therapyGrade 3 dysphagiaOropharyngeal cancer outcomesCancer-specific survivalSupportive care needsKaplan-Meier methodLong-term outcomesDiagnosis/treatmentCOVID-19 pandemicMATERIAL/METHODSPerson consultsRT startClinicopathologic factorsOPC patientsHistorical cohortMedian timeEarly outcomes
2019
Outcomes of multimodal therapy in a large series of patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer
Fan D, Ma J, Bell AC, Groen AH, Olsen KS, Lok BH, Leeman JE, Anderson E, Riaz N, McBride S, Ganly I, Shaha AR, Sherman EJ, Tsai CJ, Kang JJ, Lee NY. Outcomes of multimodal therapy in a large series of patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer. Cancer 2019, 126: 444-452. PMID: 31593317, PMCID: PMC7302673, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsChemoradiotherapy, AdjuvantDose-Response Relationship, RadiationDoxorubicinFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIndazolesMaleMiddle AgedPaclitaxelProgression-Free SurvivalPyrimidinesRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedRetrospective StudiesSulfonamidesThyroid Carcinoma, AnaplasticThyroid GlandThyroid NeoplasmsThyroidectomyTumor BurdenConceptsLocoregional progression-free survivalRole of radiotherapyAnaplastic thyroid cancerTreatment of patientsOverall survivalAdverse eventsMetastatic diseaseTrimodal therapyThyroid cancerAcute grade 3 adverse eventsAdvanced anaplastic thyroid cancerGrade 3 adverse eventsPostoperative RTDistant metastasis-free survivalTrimodal treatment approachAcceptable toxicity profileProgression-free survivalLate adverse eventsLocal tumor controlMetastasis-free survivalLong-term outcomesLPFS ratesOS benefitConcurrent chemoradiationSystemic agents