2020
Outcomes and toxicities of definitive radiotherapy and reirradiation using 3‐dimensional conformal or intensity‐modulated (pencil beam) proton therapy for patients with nasal cavity and paranasal sinus malignancies
Fan M, Kang JJ, Lee A, Fan D, Wang H, Kitpanit S, Fox P, Sine K, Mah D, McBride SM, Tsai CJ, Riaz N, Dunn LA, Sherman EJ, Michel L, Singh B, Ganly I, Wong RJ, Boyle JO, Cohen MA, Lee NY. Outcomes and toxicities of definitive radiotherapy and reirradiation using 3‐dimensional conformal or intensity‐modulated (pencil beam) proton therapy for patients with nasal cavity and paranasal sinus malignancies. Cancer 2020, 126: 1905-1916. PMID: 32097507, PMCID: PMC7304541, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32776.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGrade 3 toxicityRadiation-naive patientsIntensity-modulated proton therapyLate grade 3 toxicityParanasal sinus cancerLocal controlNasal cavitySinus cancerAcute grade 3 toxicityGray relative biological effectivenessProton therapyMore grade 1Paranasal sinus malignanciesRemarkable local controlDisease-free survivalInferior local controlOverall survival rateDefinitive radiotherapyConsecutive patientsSinus malignanciesMedian dosesHigher complicationsDistant controlTherapeutic ratioPatients
2019
Timing of surgery and adjuvant radiation therapy for sinonasal malignancies: Effect of surgical approach
Xiao R, Joshi RR, Husain Q, Cracchiolo JR, Lee N, Tsai J, Yu Y, Chen L, Kang JJ, McBride S, Riaz N, Roman BR, Ganly I, Tabar V, Gray ST, Cohen MA. Timing of surgery and adjuvant radiation therapy for sinonasal malignancies: Effect of surgical approach. Head & Neck 2019, 41: 3551-3563. PMID: 31294897, PMCID: PMC6742559, DOI: 10.1002/hed.25873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCarcinoma, Squamous CellCombined Modality TherapyDatabases, FactualDisease-Free SurvivalEndoscopyFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedOtorhinolaryngologic Surgical ProceduresParanasal Sinus NeoplasmsPropensity ScoreRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSurvival AnalysisTime FactorsConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaRadiation therapyEndoscopic surgeryPropensity score-matched analysisAdjuvant radiation therapyNational Cancer DatabasePostoperative radiation therapyKaplan-Meier methodTiming of surgeryDay of surgeryShorter postoperative timeMultivariable linear regressionOverall survivalPostoperative timeSinonasal malignanciesCell carcinomaSurgical approachNeck cancerCancer DatabaseParanasal sinusesSurvival advantageNasal cavitySurgeryPatientsExtended OS