2023
Investigating the Relationship between the Dose to the Recto-Vaginal Reference Point and Vaginal Stenosis among Cervical Cancer Patients Treated at a North American Academic Institution
Adefres B, Wallington D, Tien C, Damast S. Investigating the Relationship between the Dose to the Recto-Vaginal Reference Point and Vaginal Stenosis among Cervical Cancer Patients Treated at a North American Academic Institution. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2023, 117: e501. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1746.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVaginal stenosisDose constraintsMedian doseMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionCox proportional hazards regressionCohort median ageAdvanced cervical cancerInterstitial needlesKaplan-Meier methodCervical cancer patientsProportional hazards regressionLog-rank testHR-CTV D90MATERIAL/METHODSImage-guided brachytherapyNorth American academic institutionsLACC patientsPrimary endpointCumulative incidenceOnly patientsPatient demographicsMedian ageCervical cancerCancer patientsSingle institution
2022
Radiation therapy in the definitive management of medically inoperable endometrial cancer
Chin C, Damast S. Radiation therapy in the definitive management of medically inoperable endometrial cancer. International Journal Of Gynecological Cancer 2022, 32: 323-331. PMID: 35256419, DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2021-002532.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiparametric magnetic resonance imagingInoperable patientsEndometrial cancerImage-guided brachytherapyRadiation therapySystemic anti-tumor immune responseAnti-tumor immune responseThree-dimensional image-guided brachytherapyInoperable endometrial cancerDefinitive radiation therapyPoor surgical candidatesNovel systemic agentsRecent consensus guidelinesHigh-volume centersExtent of tumorRates of obesityMagnetic resonance imagingMedical inoperabilityLate morbiditySurgical candidatesSystemic agentsClinical stagingDefinitive managementOngoing trialsUterine size