2019
Usefulness of surveillance imaging in patients with head and neck cancer who are treated with definitive radiotherapy
Ng S, Pollard C, Berends J, Ayoub Z, Kamal M, Garden A, Bahig H, Cantor S, Schaefer A, Ajayi T, Gunn G, Frank S, Skinner H, Phan J, Morrison W, Ferrarotto R, Johnson J, Mohamed A, Lai S, Hessel A, Sturgis E, Weber R, Fuller C, Rosenthal D. Usefulness of surveillance imaging in patients with head and neck cancer who are treated with definitive radiotherapy. Cancer 2019, 125: 1823-1829. PMID: 30748005, PMCID: PMC7234834, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31983.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease recurrenceAsymptomatic patientsOverall survivalClinical findingsNeck cancerAdverse clinical findingsLocoregional disease recurrenceMedian imaging followUsefulness of surveillanceDisease-free intervalMedian overall survivalDistant disease recurrenceGroup of patientsEfficacy of surveillanceTreatment of HNCEligible patientsSalvage therapySalvageable recurrenceDefinitive radiotherapyMedian timeSuspicious findingsPatientsRecurrenceRadiotherapyEarly detection
2017
Cognitive function and patient‐reported memory problems after radiotherapy for cancers at the skull base: A cross‐sectional survivorship study using the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status and the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory‐Head and Neck Module
Hansen C, Smith J, Mohamed A, Mulcahy C, Wefel J, Hutcheson K, Chrane K, Phan J, Frank S, Garden A, Smith B, Eichelberger H, Anderson C, McCoy C, Horiates M, Patrick C, Floris S, French C, Beadle B, Morrison W, Su S, Lewis C, Kupferman M, Johnson J, Skinner H, Lai S, Hanna E, Rosenthal D, Fuller C, Gunn G, Group A. Cognitive function and patient‐reported memory problems after radiotherapy for cancers at the skull base: A cross‐sectional survivorship study using the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status and the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory‐Head and Neck Module. Head & Neck 2017, 39: 2048-2056. PMID: 28763137, PMCID: PMC6082378, DOI: 10.1002/hed.24876.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedArea Under CurveCentral Nervous SystemCognitionCognitive DysfunctionCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth Status IndicatorsHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMass ScreeningMemory DisordersMiddle AgedPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresRadiation InjuriesSeverity of Illness IndexSkull BaseSkull Base NeoplasmsSurvivorshipYoung AdultConceptsMD Anderson Symptom Inventory-HeadDetectable cognitive impairmentCognitive dysfunctionCognitive impairmentNeck ModuleCognitive statusTelephone interviewsPatient-reported problemsThird of patientsSkull base cancerRecursive partition analysisObjective assessment toolCognitive symptomsCutoff pointSkull baseCognitive functionSurvivorship studiesScreening toolMemory complaintsObjective cognitive dysfunctionImpairmentSevere levelsMDASIPatientsDysfunction