2022
An evaluation of prognostic factors, oncologic outcomes, and management for primary and recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva
Li JY, Arkfeld CK, Tymon-Rosario J, Webster E, Schwartz P, Damast S, Menderes G. An evaluation of prognostic factors, oncologic outcomes, and management for primary and recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva. Journal Of Gynecologic Oncology 2022, 33: 0. PMID: 34910394, PMCID: PMC8899873, DOI: 10.3802/jgo.2022.33.e13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-specific survivalSquamous cell carcinomaOverall survivalPositive marginsCell carcinomaNodal involvementPrognostic factorsStage IFive-year disease-specific survivalPrimary squamous cell carcinomaRecurrent squamous cell carcinomaFive-year RFSNode-positive patientsVulvar cancer patientsEscalation of treatmentConservative surgical approachKaplan-Meier estimatesLog-rank testCox proportional hazardsLocal RFSOverall RFSAdjuvant radiotherapyDistant recurrenceFree survivalMedian survival
2021
Declining Use of Inguinofemoral Lymphadenectomy in the Treatment of Clinically Negative, Pathologic Node Positive Vulvar Cancer: A National Cancer Database Analysis
Mokhtech M, Gao S, Kassick M, Menderes G, Damast S. Declining Use of Inguinofemoral Lymphadenectomy in the Treatment of Clinically Negative, Pathologic Node Positive Vulvar Cancer: A National Cancer Database Analysis. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2021, 111: e636-e637. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.1687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSentinel lymph node biopsyNational Cancer DatabaseNode-positive vulvar cancerInguinofemoral lymphadenectomyVulvar cancerOverall survivalGroin diseaseUse of SLNBNational Cancer Database AnalysisProportional hazards regression modelingVulvar cancer patientsKaplan-Meier methodLymph node biopsyRate of patientsManagement of patientsLog-rank testInitial staging procedureLymph node dataSignificant differencesWilcoxon rank sum testMATERIAL/METHODSWarrants further studyRank sum testAdjuvant chemoradiationAdjuvant radiation