2023
Association of Wildfire Exposure While Recovering From Lung Cancer Surgery With Overall Survival
Zhang D, Xi Y, Boffa D, Liu Y, Nogueira L. Association of Wildfire Exposure While Recovering From Lung Cancer Surgery With Overall Survival. JAMA Oncology 2023, 9: 1214-1220. PMID: 37498574, PMCID: PMC10375383, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.2144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerOverall survivalWorse overall survivalLung cancerNSCLC surgeryCohort studyHazard ratioSurgical resectionNSCLC resectionLong-term overall survivalNational Cancer DatabaseLung cancer surgeryLymph node involvementCell lung cancerHealth insurance typeHealth hazardsHospital dischargeNode involvementCancer surgeryStudy endTumor sizeCancer DatabaseInsurance typeHigh riskUnexposed individuals
2020
Association of Survival With Adjuvant Chemotherapy Among Patients With Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer With vs Without High-Risk Clinicopathologic Features
Pathak R, Goldberg SB, Canavan M, Herrin J, Hoag JR, Salazar MC, Papageorge M, Ermer T, Boffa DJ. Association of Survival With Adjuvant Chemotherapy Among Patients With Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer With vs Without High-Risk Clinicopathologic Features. JAMA Oncology 2020, 6: 1741-1750. PMID: 32940636, PMCID: PMC7499246, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.4232.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNode-negative non-small cell lung cancerHigh-risk pathologic featuresNon-small cell lung cancerAdjuvant chemotherapyCell lung cancerPathologic featuresTumor sizeSurvival benefitCohort studyLung cancerNode-negative NSCLCEarly-stage non-small cell lung cancerCox proportional hazards regression modelHigh-risk clinicopathologic featuresProportional hazards regression modelsNational Cancer DatabaseRetrospective cohort studyTreatment-naive patientsAdjuvant chemotherapy useHigh-risk featuresAssociation of survivalHazards regression modelsImmortal time biasChemotherapy useEligible patients
2017
The impact of tumor size on survival in T3 non-small cell lung-cancer with direct extension.
Kim C, Salazar M, Hoag J, Rosen J, Arnold B, Boffa D, Blasberg J. The impact of tumor size on survival in T3 non-small cell lung-cancer with direct extension. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: e20033-e20033. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.e20033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor sizeAdjuvant chemoradiationAdjuvant chemotherapyAdjuvant therapyOverall cohortInferior survivalCurrent staging guidelinesNational Cancer DatabaseImportant prognostic variablesSubset of patientsPathologic N stageLarger tumor sizeNon-small cellProportional hazards modelN0 patientsN2 patientsNeoadjuvant therapyNodal diseaseImproved survivalPositive marginsStaging guidelinesCancer DatabaseN stagePrognostic variablesHazards model
2016
Role of Adjuvant Therapy for Node-Negative Lung Cancer Invading the Chest Wall
Gao SJ, Corso CD, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Decker RH, Kim AW. Role of Adjuvant Therapy for Node-Negative Lung Cancer Invading the Chest Wall. Clinical Lung Cancer 2016, 18: 169-177.e4. PMID: 27890561, DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2016.08.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerAdjuvant chemotherapyAdjuvant chemoradiation therapyUnderwent surgeryChemoradiation therapyChest wall resectionRadiation therapyMargin statusTumor sizeLung cancerWall resectionNode-negative lung cancerNational Cancer Data BaseCox proportional hazards modelMargin-positive patientsChest wall invasionCell lung cancerLog-rank testStage IIB tumorsProportional hazards modelAdjuvant therapyAdjuvant treatmentOverall survivalMultivariable analysisIIB tumors