2022
Impact of HIV infection on clinical outcomes among people diagnosed with head and neck cancer.
Salahuddin S, Cohen O, Wu M, Irizarry J, Vega T, Gan G, Deng Y, Isaeva N, Schalper K, Mehra S, Yarbrough W, Emu B. Impact of HIV infection on clinical outcomes among people diagnosed with head and neck cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: e18080-e18080. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.e18080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaCD8 T cell infiltrationPD-L1 expressionUninfected patientsT cell infiltrationPoor outcomeHNC patientsInsurance statusRace/ethnicityMedian survivalQuantitative immunofluorescenceIndependent predictorsClinical outcomesViral loadCell infiltrationNeck cancerAnatomic sitesTobacco useMultivariate analysisLow PD-L1 expressionCombination antiretroviral therapy eraTumor microenvironmentAntiretroviral therapy eraMedian CD4 countHIV viral load
2019
Clinical Outcomes of Head and Neck Cancer Patients Who Undergo Resection, But Forgo Adjuvant Therapy
LOGANADANE G, KANN BH, PARK HS, JOHNSON SB, MEHRA S, JUDSON BL, BHATIA A, BELKACEMI Y, YARBROUGH WG, BURTNESS B, HUSAIN ZA. Clinical Outcomes of Head and Neck Cancer Patients Who Undergo Resection, But Forgo Adjuvant Therapy. Anticancer Research 2019, 39: 4885-4890. PMID: 31519591, DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.13674.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocoregional recurrence-free survivalAdjuvant therapyNeck squamous cell carcinomaOutcomes of patientsRecurrence-free survivalSquamous cell carcinomaNeck cancer patientsHNSCC patientsClinical outcomesRecurrence rateCell carcinomaMean TTPCancer patientsPatientsTherapyResectionMonthsOutcomesHNSCCSurgeryCarcinomaHeadIncidenceProgression
2018
Salvage Surgery after Radiation Failure in T1/T2 Larynx Cancer: Outcomes following Total versus Conservation Surgery
Cheraghlou S, Kuo P, Mehra S, Yarbrough WG, Judson BL. Salvage Surgery after Radiation Failure in T1/T2 Larynx Cancer: Outcomes following Total versus Conservation Surgery. Otolaryngology 2018, 158: 497-504. PMID: 29292665, DOI: 10.1177/0194599817742596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive surgical marginsSalvage surgeryTotal laryngectomyConservation laryngeal surgeryLarynx cancerRadiation failureLaryngeal surgerySurgical marginsConservation surgeryPartial laryngectomyUnivariate Kaplan-Meier analysisSalvage laryngeal surgeryNational Cancer DatabaseSalvage total laryngectomyKaplan-Meier analysisSingle-institution studyInherent selection biasLarynx cancer casesLack of evidenceSurgery typeClinical outcomesPoor outcomePositive marginsRetrospective studyCancer Database