2022
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Is Associated With Poor Overall Survival Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Salahuddin S, Cohen O, Wu M, Irizarry J, Vega T, Gan G, Deng Y, Isaeva N, Prasad M, Schalper K, Mehra S, Yarbrough W, Emu B. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Is Associated With Poor Overall Survival Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 76: 1449-1458. PMID: 36520995, PMCID: PMC10319962, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survivalIndependent predictorsHNSCC patientsWorse prognosisOropharyngeal tumorsCox proportional hazards regression modelMultivariate analysisHPV-positive oropharyngeal tumorsNeck squamous cell cancerProportional hazards regression modelsLower median overall survivalAcademic hospital centerNon-HIV populationMedian overall survivalPredictors of survivalSquamous cell cancerHuman immunodeficiency virusPoor clinical outcomeExpression of CD4Poor overall survivalHazards regression modelsRace/ethnicityCD8 infiltrationHazard ratioClinicopathologic characteristics
2011
Predictors of survival and recurrence after temporal bone resection for cancer
Morris LG, Mehra S, Shah JP, Bilsky MH, Selesnick SH, Kraus DH. Predictors of survival and recurrence after temporal bone resection for cancer. Head & Neck 2011, 34: 1231-1239. PMID: 21953902, PMCID: PMC4126564, DOI: 10.1002/hed.21883.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal bone resectionSquamous cell carcinomaDisease-specific survivalRecurrence-free survivalExternal auditory canalOverall survivalMargin statusAuditory canalBone resectionCT3-4 tumorsParotid nodal metastasisT3-T4 tumorsPredictors of survivalRisk of recurrenceStrong independent predictorHigh rateExtratemporal spreadParotid invasionAdjuvant therapyCervical metastasisIndependent predictorsNodal metastasisMultivariable analysisRetrospective studyCell carcinoma