2023
Investigating the Relationship between the Dose to the Recto-Vaginal Reference Point and Vaginal Stenosis among Cervical Cancer Patients Treated at a North American Academic Institution
Adefres B, Wallington D, Tien C, Damast S. Investigating the Relationship between the Dose to the Recto-Vaginal Reference Point and Vaginal Stenosis among Cervical Cancer Patients Treated at a North American Academic Institution. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2023, 117: e501. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1746.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVaginal stenosisDose constraintsMedian doseMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionCox proportional hazards regressionCohort median ageAdvanced cervical cancerInterstitial needlesKaplan-Meier methodCervical cancer patientsProportional hazards regressionLog-rank testHR-CTV D90MATERIAL/METHODSImage-guided brachytherapyNorth American academic institutionsLACC patientsPrimary endpointCumulative incidenceOnly patientsPatient demographicsMedian ageCervical cancerCancer patientsSingle institution
2021
Declining Use of Inguinofemoral Lymphadenectomy in the Treatment of Clinically Negative, Pathologic Node Positive Vulvar Cancer: A National Cancer Database Analysis
Mokhtech M, Gao S, Kassick M, Menderes G, Damast S. Declining Use of Inguinofemoral Lymphadenectomy in the Treatment of Clinically Negative, Pathologic Node Positive Vulvar Cancer: A National Cancer Database Analysis. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2021, 111: e636-e637. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.1687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSentinel lymph node biopsyNational Cancer DatabaseNode-positive vulvar cancerInguinofemoral lymphadenectomyVulvar cancerOverall survivalGroin diseaseUse of SLNBNational Cancer Database AnalysisProportional hazards regression modelingVulvar cancer patientsKaplan-Meier methodLymph node biopsyRate of patientsManagement of patientsLog-rank testInitial staging procedureLymph node dataSignificant differencesWilcoxon rank sum testMATERIAL/METHODSWarrants further studyRank sum testAdjuvant chemoradiationAdjuvant radiation