2018
Adjuvant Chemotherapy Is Associated With Improved Survival for Late‐Stage Salivary Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Cheraghlou S, Schettino A, Zogg CK, Otremba MD, Bhatia A, Park HS, Osborn HA, Mehra S, Yarbrough WG, Judson BL. Adjuvant Chemotherapy Is Associated With Improved Survival for Late‐Stage Salivary Squamous Cell Carcinoma. The Laryngoscope 2018, 129: 883-889. PMID: 30151947, DOI: 10.1002/lary.27444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCarcinoma, Squamous CellChemoradiotherapy, AdjuvantChemotherapy, AdjuvantCombined Modality TherapyFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPropensity ScoreProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesSalivary Gland NeoplasmsSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeConceptsLate-stage patientsSquamous cell carcinomaAdjuvant radiotherapyAdjuvant therapyAdjuvant chemoradiotherapyAdjuvant chemotherapyImproved survivalCell carcinomaImproved long-term survivalCox survival regressionPrimary cutaneous malignanciesUnique disease entityAddition of chemotherapyNational Cancer DatabaseEarly-stage diseaseFive-year survivalEarly-stage patientsKaplan-Meier analysisParotid gland cancerLate stage groupLong-term survivalSurvival benefitCutaneous malignanciesPoor prognosisRetrospective study
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