2024
Long-Term Results of External Beam Radiation Therapy (RT) with or without Concurrent Chemotherapy in Loco-Regionally Advanced or Recurrent Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (DTC)
Choi J, Sherman E, Youssef I, Kang J, Zakeri K, Yu Y, Chen L, Shamseddine A, McBride S, Riaz N, Hung T, Wong W, Michel L, Dunn L, Ho A, Tuttle R, Morris L, Shaha A, Wong R, Lee N. Long-Term Results of External Beam Radiation Therapy (RT) with or without Concurrent Chemotherapy in Loco-Regionally Advanced or Recurrent Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (DTC). International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2024, 120: e743-e744. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.07.1633.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResults of external beam radiation therapyLocoregional controlRadioactive iodine therapyOverall survivalMultivariate analysisIodine therapyAdvanced diseaseBackward stepwise Cox regressionExternal beam radiation therapyRecurrent differentiated thyroid cancerProton beam RTBeam radiation therapyIntensity-modulated RTSingle-institution experienceTreated with RTMedian follow-upKaplan-Meier methodDay of RTStepwise Cox regressionGroup of patientsLong-term resultsBeam RTLate toxicityNon-medullaryConcurrent chemotherapy
2022
Outcomes and Toxicities of Nonmedullary Thyroid Tumors Treated with Proton Beam Radiation Therapy
Youssef I, Yoon J, Mohamed N, Zakeri K, Press R, Yu Y, Kang J, Wong R, Tuttle R, Shaha A, Sherman E, Lee N. Outcomes and Toxicities of Nonmedullary Thyroid Tumors Treated with Proton Beam Radiation Therapy. International Journal Of Particle Therapy 2022, 9: 20-30. PMID: 36060412, PMCID: PMC9415751, DOI: 10.14338/ijpt-22-00005.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPercent of patientsLocal-regional recurrenceThyroid cancerRadiation therapyGross diseaseOverall survivalPercutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubeProton therapyProton beam radiation therapyAcute grade 3Central neck compartmentFavorable therapeutic ratioIntensity-modulated radiation therapyBeam radiation therapyProton beam therapyConcurrent chemotherapyPalliative radiationUnresectable diseaseAdjuvant radiationDefinitive radiationT4 diseaseMetastatic diseaseNeck compartmentRegional recurrenceUpper mediastinum
2021
Outcomes and prognostic factors of major salivary gland tumors treated with proton beam radiation therapy
Zakeri K, Wang H, Kang JJ, Lee A, Romesser P, Mohamed N, Gelblum D, Sherman E, Dunn L, Boyle J, Wong R, Chen L, Yu Y, Tsai CJ, McBride SM, Riaz N, Lee N. Outcomes and prognostic factors of major salivary gland tumors treated with proton beam radiation therapy. Head & Neck 2021, 43: 1056-1062. PMID: 33606323, PMCID: PMC9371938, DOI: 10.1002/hed.26563.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor salivary gland tumorsProton beam radiation therapyBeam radiation therapySalivary gland tumorsRadiation therapyLocoregional controlGland tumorsProgression-free survivalPhoton radiation therapyOverall survivalPrognostic factorsCommon siteCystic carcinomaLarge cohortDosimetric advantagesParotid glandTherapyPatientsTumorsTherapy CenterSurvivalTreatmentProton Therapy CenterCarcinomaCohort