2019
1149P Pathologic staging changes in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Stage migration and implications for adjuvant treatment
Husain Z, Lee N, Eskander A, Park H, mehra S, Burtness B. 1149P Pathologic staging changes in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Stage migration and implications for adjuvant treatment. Annals Of Oncology 2019, 30: v466. DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz252.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOral cavity squamous cell carcinomaPathologic extranodal extensionDepth of invasionSquamous cell carcinomaPT3N0 patientsOverall survivalStage migrationCell carcinomaStaging systemAJCC-8 staging systemFive-year overall survivalNational InstitutePathologic tumor classificationNational Cancer DatabaseAmerican Joint CommitteeRisk of deathNew staging systemBristol-Myers SquibbPStage IVBUpstaged tumorsDefinitive surgeryPostoperative radiotherapyPT3 tumorsAdjuvant treatmentExtranodal extensionPathologic staging changes in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Stage migration and implications for adjuvant treatment
Lee NCJ, Eskander A, Park HS, Mehra S, Burtness BA, Husain Z. Pathologic staging changes in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Stage migration and implications for adjuvant treatment. Cancer 2019, 125: 2975-2983. PMID: 31090934, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32161.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral cavity squamous cell carcinomaPathologic extranodal extensionDepth of invasionAJCC Cancer Staging ManualCancer Staging ManualSquamous cell carcinomaOverall survivalPT3N0 patientsStage migrationStaging ManualCell carcinomaStaging systemAJCC-8 staging systemPathologic tumor classificationNational Cancer DatabaseRisk of deathNew staging systemPStage IVBUpstaged tumorsAdjuvant treatmentDefinitive surgeryExtranodal extensionPostoperative radiotherapyPT classificationPT1 tumors
2017
Treatment guidelines and patterns of care in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Primary surgical resection vs. nonsurgical treatment
Fujiwara RJT, Burtness B, Husain ZA, Judson BL, Bhatia A, Sasaki CT, Yarbrough WG, Mehra S. Treatment guidelines and patterns of care in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Primary surgical resection vs. nonsurgical treatment. Oral Oncology 2017, 71: 129-137. PMID: 28688680, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral cavity squamous cell carcinomaNational Cancer Data BaseLate-stage diseasePrimary nonsurgical treatmentOral cavity malignancyNonsurgical treatmentSquamous cell carcinomaOverall survivalSurgical resectionCell carcinomaTreatment modalitiesNational Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice GuidelinesAcademic/research programMultimodality clinical trialsDefinitive radiation therapyImproved overall survivalDecreased overall survivalPrimary surgical resectionOral cavity cancerNon-randomized natureClinical practice guidelinesPatterns of careNon-white raceProportional hazards modelBinary logistic regressionTreatment delays in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma and association with survival
Fujiwara RJ, Judson BL, Yarbrough WG, Husain Z, Mehra S. Treatment delays in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma and association with survival. Head & Neck 2017, 39: 639-646. PMID: 28236349, DOI: 10.1002/hed.24608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCarcinoma, Squamous CellCause of DeathChemoradiotherapy, AdjuvantCohort StudiesCombined Modality TherapyDatabases, FactualDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMouth NeoplasmsNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm StagingPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckSurvival AnalysisTime-to-TreatmentUnited StatesConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaOral cavity squamous cell carcinomaNational Cancer Data BaseOverall survivalRT durationTotal treatment packageCox proportional hazards modelDecreased overall survivalProportional hazards modelTreatment packageBinary logistic regressionMedicaid insuranceTreatment delayCell carcinomaAcademic/research institutionsHazards modelLate PTSurgery delayTreatment durationRadiotherapySurgeryLogistic regressionDiagnosisDurationImpact of delay
2015
Treatment Factors Associated With Survival in Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer: Analysis of 6830 Cases From the National Cancer Data Base
Luryi AL, Chen MM, Mehra S, Roman SA, Sosa JA, Judson BL. Treatment Factors Associated With Survival in Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer: Analysis of 6830 Cases From the National Cancer Data Base. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2015, 141: 593-598. PMID: 25974757, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2015.0719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral cavity squamous cell cancerNational Cancer Data BaseNeck dissectionOverall survivalImproved survivalRadiation therapyTreatment factorsMultivariable analysisPositive marginsStage IEarly-stage oral cavity cancerOral cavity squamous cell carcinomaElimination of patientsTumor prognostic featuresAdjuvant radiation therapyOccult nodal diseaseOral cavity cancerSquamous cell cancerSquamous cell carcinomaPopulation-level dataAdjuvant chemotherapyPathologic restagingNodal diseaseMost patientsPrognostic impact