2021
Proton radiotherapy for recurrent or metastatic sarcoma with palliative quad shot
Lee A, Kang J, Bernstein H, Marqueen K, Neal B, Kelly C, Dickson M, Tsai C, Tap W, Singer S, Alektiar K, Lee N. Proton radiotherapy for recurrent or metastatic sarcoma with palliative quad shot. Cancer Medicine 2021, 10: 4221-4227. PMID: 34085781, PMCID: PMC8267151, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.3646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal progression-free survivalMetastatic sarcomaSystemic therapyQUAD ShotOverall survivalUnivariate analysisPalliative responseMedian local progression-free survivalGrade 3 acute toxicityFurther systemic therapyProgression-free survivalConcurrent systemic therapyProton therapyCommon histologyMedian followProton RTTreatment optionsRadiation therapyPatientsLocal controlSarcomaTherapyRegimenProton radiotherapyAcute toxicity
2019
Outcomes of multimodal therapy in a large series of patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer
Fan D, Ma J, Bell AC, Groen AH, Olsen KS, Lok BH, Leeman JE, Anderson E, Riaz N, McBride S, Ganly I, Shaha AR, Sherman EJ, Tsai CJ, Kang JJ, Lee NY. Outcomes of multimodal therapy in a large series of patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer. Cancer 2019, 126: 444-452. PMID: 31593317, PMCID: PMC7302673, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsChemoradiotherapy, AdjuvantDose-Response Relationship, RadiationDoxorubicinFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIndazolesMaleMiddle AgedPaclitaxelProgression-Free SurvivalPyrimidinesRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedRetrospective StudiesSulfonamidesThyroid Carcinoma, AnaplasticThyroid GlandThyroid NeoplasmsThyroidectomyTumor BurdenConceptsLocoregional progression-free survivalRole of radiotherapyAnaplastic thyroid cancerTreatment of patientsOverall survivalAdverse eventsMetastatic diseaseTrimodal therapyThyroid cancerAcute grade 3 adverse eventsAdvanced anaplastic thyroid cancerGrade 3 adverse eventsPostoperative RTDistant metastasis-free survivalTrimodal treatment approachAcceptable toxicity profileProgression-free survivalLate adverse eventsLocal tumor controlMetastasis-free survivalLong-term outcomesLPFS ratesOS benefitConcurrent chemoradiationSystemic agents