2018
Association of Facility and System Factors With Survival Among Pediatric Patients With Surgically Treated Head and Neck Sarcomas
Cheraghlou S, Li H, Judson BL. Association of Facility and System Factors With Survival Among Pediatric Patients With Surgically Treated Head and Neck Sarcomas. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018, 144: 455-456. PMID: 29800240, PMCID: PMC6136052, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.0183.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Treatment delay and facility case volume are associated with survival in early‐stage glottic cancer
Cheraghlou S, Kuo P, Judson BL. Treatment delay and facility case volume are associated with survival in early‐stage glottic cancer. The Laryngoscope 2016, 127: 616-622. PMID: 27653749, DOI: 10.1002/lary.26259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCohort StudiesCombined Modality TherapyDisease-Free SurvivalEarly Detection of CancerFemaleGlottisHospitals, High-VolumeHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLaryngeal NeoplasmsLaryngectomyMaleMiddle AgedOrgan Sparing TreatmentsProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSurvival AnalysisTime FactorsWaiting ListsConceptsEarly-stage glottic cancerGlottic cancerUnivariate Kaplan-Meier analysisSystem factorsFacility case volumeNational Cancer DatabaseMultivariate Cox regressionEarly glottic cancerKaplan-Meier analysisImprovement of outcomesTumor factorsAdult patientsWorse survivalImproved survivalNumber of treatmentsRetrospective studyTreatment delayCox regressionCancer DatabaseCase volumeGovernment insurancePatientsCancerTreatment factorsSurvival variables