2020
National trends in the management of patients with positive surgical margins at radical prostatectomy
Ghabili K, Park HS, Yu JB, Sprenkle PC, Kim SP, Nguyen KA, Ma X, Gross CP, Leapman MS. National trends in the management of patients with positive surgical margins at radical prostatectomy. World Journal Of Urology 2020, 39: 1141-1151. PMID: 32562045, DOI: 10.1007/s00345-020-03298-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAndrogen deprivation therapyPositive surgical marginsUse of ADTPost-prostatectomy radiation therapyRadiation therapySurgical marginsRadical prostatectomyInitial courseNode-negative prostate cancerPost-operative radiation therapyMultivariable logistic regression modelNational Cancer DatabaseAdverse pathologic featuresManagement of patientsPost-operative managementLogistic regression modelsDeprivation therapySurgical cancersPrimary endpointRT useSecondary endpointsPathologic characteristicsPathologic featuresUninsured statusCancer Database
2018
National trends in the management of patients with positive surgical margins at the time of radical prostatectomy.
Ghabili K, Nguyen K, Hsiang W, Syed J, Suarez-Sarmiento A, Shuch B, Park H, Yu J, Leapman M. National trends in the management of patients with positive surgical margins at the time of radical prostatectomy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 111-111. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.6_suppl.111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdjuvant radiation therapyAndrogen deprivation therapyPositive surgical marginsNational Cancer DatabaseAdjuvant therapyRadical prostatectomyRadiation therapyProstate cancerPathologic featuresSurgical marginsAddition of ADTAdjuvant androgen deprivation therapyStudy periodPre-treatment PSAPrimary definitive treatmentMajority of patientsManagement of patientsGleason grade groupCourse of managementOptimal management approachNon-academic facilitiesLogistic regression modelsBinary logistic regression modelAnalysis menDeprivation therapy
2017
Post-operative radiotherapy is associated with improved survival in esophageal cancer with positive surgical margins
Gao SJ, Park HS, Corso CD, Rutter CE, Khan SA, Johung KL. Post-operative radiotherapy is associated with improved survival in esophageal cancer with positive surgical margins. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2017, 8: 953-961. PMID: 29299354, PMCID: PMC5750177, DOI: 10.21037/jgo.2017.08.12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-operative radiotherapyClinical stage INational Cancer Data BaseEarly-stage esophageal cancerOverall survivalPositive surgical marginsPositive marginsUpfront esophagectomyEsophageal cancerStage IImproved survivalSurgical marginsMultivariable Cox regression analysisImproved overall survivalReceipt of chemotherapyCox regression analysisMultivariable logistic regressionEsophageal cancer patientsLog-rank testAdjuvant chemotherapyOS benefitPostoperative chemotherapyPN0 diseaseMultivariable analysisCancer patients
2016
Pretreatment predictors of adjuvant chemoradiation in patients receiving transoral robotic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a case control study
Subramanian HE, Park HS, Barbieri A, Mahajan A, Judson BL, Mehra S, Yarbrough WG, Burtness BA, Husain ZA. Pretreatment predictors of adjuvant chemoradiation in patients receiving transoral robotic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a case control study. Cancers Of The Head & Neck 2016, 1: 7. PMID: 31093337, PMCID: PMC6460847, DOI: 10.1186/s41199-016-0008-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransoral robotic surgeryPositive lymph nodesPreoperative patient characteristicsLymph node sizePositive surgical marginsExtracapsular extensionLymph nodesPatient characteristicsSurgical marginsAdjuvant chemoradiationNeck dissectionIndependent predictorsPositive marginsLymph node extracapsular extensionSingle-institution retrospective studyNode sizeLogistic regressionRobotic surgeryNodal extracapsular extensionPreoperative lymph nodeEarly-stage diseaseMajority of patientsSquamous cell carcinomaCase-control studyPrimary oropharyngeal cancer