2019
Preoperative biopsy in parotid malignancies: Variation in use and impact on surgical margins
Benchetrit L, Torabi SJ, Morse E, Mehra S, Rahmati R, Osborn HA, Judson BL. Preoperative biopsy in parotid malignancies: Variation in use and impact on surgical margins. The Laryngoscope 2019, 130: 1450-1458. PMID: 31411749, DOI: 10.1002/lary.28224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative biopsyParotid malignanciesSurgical marginsPositive marginsClinical T1 stageNational Cancer DatabaseClinical T stageClinical N stageHigh-volume centersSubgroup of patientsMultivariable logistic regressionEarly clinical stageChi-square testAdjuvant therapyRetrospective cohortYounger patientsT stageClinical stageSurgical outcomesVolume centersBiopsy useCancer DatabaseN stageBiopsyPatients
2016
Proposing prognostic thresholds for lymph node yield in clinically lymph node‐negative and lymph node‐positive cancers of the oral cavity
Kuo P, Mehra S, Sosa JA, Roman SA, Husain ZA, Burtness BA, Tate JP, Yarbrough WG, Judson BL. Proposing prognostic thresholds for lymph node yield in clinically lymph node‐negative and lymph node‐positive cancers of the oral cavity. Cancer 2016, 122: 3624-3631. PMID: 27479645, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30227.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseOral cavity cancerMortality hazard ratioLymph nodesHazard ratioNeck dissectionLymph node-negative cancersLymph node-positive cancersNode-positive cancersNode-positive cohortPositive lymph nodesTherapeutic neck dissectionEnd Results (SEER) databaseLymph node yieldHigh-volume centersExtensive neck dissectionMultiple cancer sitesNode-negative cancersOverall survivalHigher lymphPrognostic factorsTreatment guidelinesNode yieldResults databaseSurgical management