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Treatment Delays in Primarily Resected Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: National Benchmarks and Survival Associations
Morse E, Judson B, Husain Z, Burtness B, Yarbrough WG, Sasaki C, Cheraghlou S, Mehra S. Treatment Delays in Primarily Resected Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: National Benchmarks and Survival Associations. Otolaryngology 2018, 159: 987-997. PMID: 30060700, DOI: 10.1177/0194599818779052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHPV-positive patientsRadiation treatment durationTotal treatment packageOverall survivalTreatment initiationTreatment durationEnd intervalOropharyngeal cancerTreatment delayTreatment packageOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaCox proportional hazards regressionMultivariable logistic regression analysisRadiation treatmentRetrospective cross-sectional analysisNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards regressionSquamous cell carcinomaDuration of diagnosisLogistic regression analysisNational benchmarksCross-sectional analysisMedian durationOverall cohortHazards regression
2018
Hypopharyngeal Cancer Treatment Delays: Benchmarks and Survival Association
Morse E, Berson E, Fujiwara R, Judson B, Mehra S. Hypopharyngeal Cancer Treatment Delays: Benchmarks and Survival Association. Otolaryngology 2018, 160: 267-276. PMID: 30324861, DOI: 10.1177/0194599818797605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBenchmarkingCarcinoma, Squamous CellChemoradiotherapyCohort StudiesDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansHypopharyngeal NeoplasmsLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, ConformalRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSurvival AnalysisTime-to-TreatmentTreatment OutcomeConceptsRadiation treatment durationOverall survivalInduction chemotherapyMedian durationConcurrent chemoradiationHypopharyngeal cancerCox proportional hazards regressionNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards regressionMultivariable logisticRetrospective cohortTreatment initiationMedicaid insuranceTreatment delayCancer HospitalHazards regressionNonwhite raceCancer DatabaseTreatment endSurvival associationsTreatment durationPatientsChemoradiationChemotherapyTreatment factorsNational treatment times in oropharyngeal cancer treated with primary radiation or chemoradiation
Morse E, Judson B, Husain Z, Burtness B, Yarbrough W, Sasaki C, Cheraghlou S, Mehra S. National treatment times in oropharyngeal cancer treated with primary radiation or chemoradiation. Oral Oncology 2018, 82: 122-130. PMID: 29909886, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.02.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadiation treatment durationHuman papilloma virus-positive tumorsVirus-positive tumorsOverall survivalOropharyngeal cancerTreatment durationTreatment endMedian durationTreatment initiationTreatment delayHuman papilloma virus-associated tumorsHuman papilloma virus-negative tumorsEnd intervalOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaCox proportional hazards regressionNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards regressionSquamous cell carcinomaVirus-associated tumorsVirus-negative tumorsMultivariable logisticHazards regressionCell carcinomaHuman papillomaCancer Database
2017
Treatment delays in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma and association with survival
Fujiwara RJ, Judson BL, Yarbrough WG, Husain Z, Mehra S. Treatment delays in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma and association with survival. Head & Neck 2017, 39: 639-646. PMID: 28236349, DOI: 10.1002/hed.24608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCarcinoma, Squamous CellCause of DeathChemoradiotherapy, AdjuvantCohort StudiesCombined Modality TherapyDatabases, FactualDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMouth NeoplasmsNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm StagingPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckSurvival AnalysisTime-to-TreatmentUnited StatesConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaOral cavity squamous cell carcinomaNational Cancer Data BaseOverall survivalRT durationTotal treatment packageCox proportional hazards modelDecreased overall survivalProportional hazards modelTreatment packageBinary logistic regressionMedicaid insuranceTreatment delayCell carcinomaAcademic/research institutionsHazards modelLate PTSurgery delayTreatment durationRadiotherapySurgeryLogistic regressionDiagnosisDurationImpact of delay