2017
Patterns of care and outcomes for use of concurrent chemoradiotherapy over radiotherapy alone for anaplastic gliomas
Yeboa DN, Rutter CE, Park HS, Lester-Coll NH, Corso CD, Mancini BR, Bindra RS, Contessa J, Yu JB. Patterns of care and outcomes for use of concurrent chemoradiotherapy over radiotherapy alone for anaplastic gliomas. Radiotherapy And Oncology 2017, 125: 258-265. PMID: 29054377, DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.09.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse of CCRTConcurrent chemoradiotherapyPatterns of careAnaplastic gliomasOverall survivalCox proportional hazards regression modelingProportional hazards regression modelingMultivariable logistic regression analysisConcurrent CRTNational Cancer DatabaseKaplan-Meier analysisLog-rank testLogistic regression analysisGrade III gliomasAdjusted hazardAdult patientsImproved survivalCancer DatabaseDesign cohortRadiotherapyPropensity scorePatientsGliomasChemoradiotherapyRegression modeling
2015
Comparison of survival outcomes among standard radiotherapy regimens in limited-stage small cell lung cancer patients receiving concurrent chemoradiation
Rutter CE, Park HS, Corso CD, Yeboa DN, Mancini BR, Lester-Coll NH, Kim AW, Decker RH. Comparison of survival outcomes among standard radiotherapy regimens in limited-stage small cell lung cancer patients receiving concurrent chemoradiation. Lung Cancer 2015, 90: 243-248. PMID: 26277031, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall cell lung cancerDose-fractionation regimensLimited-stage small cell lung cancerConcurrent CRTConcurrent chemoradiationOverall survivalLimited-stage small-cell lung cancer patientsProportional hazardsSmall cell lung cancer patientsMultivariable Cox proportional hazardsCell lung cancer patientsOptimal radiotherapy doseOngoing randomized trialsInferior overall survivalKaplan-Meier analysisCell lung cancerLarger tumor sizeMedian survival timeLung cancer patientsCox proportional hazardsStandard radiotherapy regimensLarge national datasetChemoradiation regimensSimilar OSEquivalent OS