2015
Racial Disparities in Hypofractionated Radiotherapy Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
Housri N, Khan AJ, Taunk N, Goyal S, Nelson CJ, Ferro A, Haffty BG. Racial Disparities in Hypofractionated Radiotherapy Breast Cancer Clinical Trials. The Breast Journal 2015, 21: 387-394. PMID: 25919123, DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer patientsNon-white womenCancer patientsClinical trialsWhite womenRacial disparitiesRadiation oncology clinical trialsBreast cancer clinical trialsRetrospective cohort studyClinico-pathologic factorsLymph node positivityUse of chemotherapyClinical trial enrollmentOncology clinical trialsUse of brachytherapyBreast radiotherapy trialsCancer clinical trialsPaucity of dataCohort studyNode positivityPatient demographicsReceptor statusTrial enrollmentTumor characteristicsDisease stage
2008
Are Many Community Hospitals Undertreating Breast Cancer?
Gutierrez JC, Hurley JD, Housri N, Perez EA, Byrne MM, Koniaris LG. Are Many Community Hospitals Undertreating Breast Cancer? Annals Of Surgery 2008, 248: 154-162. PMID: 18650623, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e31816c4030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBiopsy, NeedleBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastChemotherapy, AdjuvantCombined Modality TherapyFemaleFloridaHealth Care SurveysHospitals, CommunityHospitals, UniversityHumansImmunohistochemistryMastectomyMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingOutcome Assessment, Health CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'Radiotherapy, AdjuvantRegistriesRisk AssessmentSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeConceptsLong-term outcomesTeaching hospitalCommunity hospitalBreast cancerPoor long-term outcomesFlorida Cancer Data SystemHigh-volume community hospitalsLow-volume hospitalsOverall survival rateBreast-conserving surgeryHigh-volume centersSignificant independent predictorsAdjuvant therapyAdvanced diseaseMultimodality therapySurvival benefitIndependent predictorsTreatment patternsDuctal carcinomaPatient outcomesPractice patternsBetter survivalStage IIIOperative casesTreatment approachesMalignant Breast Cancer in Children: A Review of 75 Patients
Gutierrez JC, Housri N, Koniaris LG, Fischer AC, Sola JE. Malignant Breast Cancer in Children: A Review of 75 Patients. Journal Of Surgical Research 2008, 147: 182-188. PMID: 18498867, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.03.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge of OnsetBreast NeoplasmsCarcinomaChildFemaleHumansIncidenceRetrospective StudiesSarcomaSEER ProgramUnited StatesConceptsMalignant breast tumorsBreast tumorsPediatric patientsSarcomatous tumorsAdjuvant radiation therapyEnd Results registryAge-adjusted incidenceMalignant breast diseaseMalignant breast cancerCommon histologyAdvanced diseaseLocalized diseaseMetastatic diseaseSurgical resectionCarcinoma patientsPrimary diseaseSarcoma patientsPhyllodes tumorMalignant diseaseSubgroup analysisBreast diseaseCarcinoma groupInvasive diseaseBreast malignancyIncidence trends