2019
Predictors of Lymph Node Involvement by Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Trunk and Extremity: An Analysis of the National Cancer Database
Miccio JA, Jairam V, Gao S, Augustyn A, Oladeru OT, Onderdonk BE, Chowdhary M, Han D, Khan S, Friedlaender G, Lindskog DM, Desphande HA, Osborn H, Roberts KB, Patel KR. Predictors of Lymph Node Involvement by Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Trunk and Extremity: An Analysis of the National Cancer Database. Cureus 2019, 11: e6038. PMID: 31824805, PMCID: PMC6886621, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.6038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSoft tissue sarcomasPathologic nodal evaluationNational Cancer DatabaseLymphovascular invasionNodal evaluationRisk factorsMultivariable logistic regression modelExtremity STS patientsGrade 3 tumorsHigh-risk groupTrunk/extremitiesLogistic regression modelsNeoadjuvant therapyWorse survivalRetrospective reviewSTS patientsDistant metastasisMultivariable analysisEpithelioid histologyTissue sarcomasCancer DatabaseExclusion criteriaPatientsLNMMetastasis
2016
Postoperative Radiotherapy Patterns of Care and Survival Implications for Medulloblastoma in Young Children
Kann BH, Park HS, Lester-Coll NH, Yeboa DN, Benitez V, Khan AJ, Bindra RS, Marks AM, Roberts KB. Postoperative Radiotherapy Patterns of Care and Survival Implications for Medulloblastoma in Young Children. JAMA Oncology 2016, 2: 1574-1581. PMID: 27491009, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.2547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative radiotherapyOverall survivalMultivariable logistic regressionNational Cancer Data BaseLogistic regressionAdjuvant chemotherapy strategyLow facility volumeNational treatment patternsMultivariable Cox regressionLong-term morbidityYear of diagnosisDay of surgeryKaplan-Meier analysisNational database analysisPoor overall survivalLog-rank testYoung childrenAge 3Adjuvant chemotherapyRadiotherapy patternsRadiotherapy utilizationWorse survivalDistant metastasisMultivariable analysisTreatment patterns