2019
Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: A Systematic Review
Gallitto M, Lazarev S, Wasserman I, Stafford JM, Wolden SL, Terezakis SA, Bindra RS, Bakst RL. Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: A Systematic Review. Advances In Radiation Oncology 2019, 4: 520-531. PMID: 31360809, PMCID: PMC6639749, DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2019.03.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiffuse intrinsic pontine gliomaIntrinsic pontine gliomaMedian overall survivalOverall survivalRadiation therapyPontine gliomaSystematic reviewSystemic therapyPrimary pediatric brain tumorsMainstay of treatmentSalvage radiation therapyConcomitant systemic therapyPediatric brain tumorsAppropriate treatment approachLarge systematic reviewGreat clinical needDIPG treatmentMedian OSRT regimensRetrospective seriesInitial diagnosisGlioma radiotherapyTreatment strategiesBrain tumorsTreatment approaches
2018
CDKN2A Copy Number Loss Is an Independent Prognostic Factor in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Chen WS, Bindra RS, Mo A, Hayman T, Husain Z, Contessa JN, Gaffney SG, Townsend JP, Yu JB. CDKN2A Copy Number Loss Is an Independent Prognostic Factor in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Frontiers In Oncology 2018, 8: 95. PMID: 29670856, PMCID: PMC5893829, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease-free survivalNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaOverall survivalHPV-negative HNSCCPrognostic factorsCell carcinomaPoor survivalLoss groupCDKN2A mRNAMedian disease-free survivalP16 expressionCopy number lossNumber lossMedian overall survivalReceipt of chemotherapyIndependent prognostic factorUseful prognostic factorHPV-negative headHigh p16 expressionProtein expression levelsHPV infectionCancer Genome AtlasBetter prognosisMultivariable analysis