2019
Multi-modality Treatment and Survival in Sinonasal Minor Salivary Gland Tumors
Torabi SJ, Spock T, Cardoso B, Chao J, Manes RP, Judson BL. Multi-modality Treatment and Survival in Sinonasal Minor Salivary Gland Tumors. Journal Of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base 2019, 81: 198-205. PMID: 32206540, PMCID: PMC7082160, DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1683437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMinor salivary gland tumorsSalivary gland tumorsTriple-modality therapyGland tumorsModality therapyMultimodality treatmentPositive marginsTreatment modalitiesSubset analysisNational Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelinesClinical American Joint CommitteeNational Cancer DatabaseMulti-modality treatmentOnly treatment modalityAmerican Joint CommitteeMost treatment modalitiesAdjuvant chemoradiotherapySurvival benefitSurgical managementNetwork guidelinesCancer DatabaseChemoradiotherapyCommon treatmentSurgeryJoint Committee
2018
Pediatric Salivary Cancer: Epidemiology, Treatment Trends, and Association of Treatment Modality with Survival
Morse E, Fujiwara RJT, Husain Z, Judson B, Mehra S. Pediatric Salivary Cancer: Epidemiology, Treatment Trends, and Association of Treatment Modality with Survival. Otolaryngology 2018, 159: 553-563. PMID: 29688836, DOI: 10.1177/0194599818771926.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentBiopsy, NeedleCarcinoma, MucoepidermoidChemotherapy, AdjuvantChildChild, PreschoolCombined Modality TherapyCross-Sectional StudiesDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryLogistic ModelsMaleMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm StagingPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesSalivary Gland NeoplasmsSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeConceptsImproved overall survivalOverall survivalHigh tumor gradeTreatment modalitiesTumor gradeSalivary cancerAdjuvant radiationMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionNational Cancer Database 2004Cox proportional hazards regressionTreatment factorsPatients 19 yearsHigh-risk patientsSubset of patientsMultivariable logistic regressionProportional hazards regressionUS national databaseHigh-grade tumorsSalivary gland cancerAcinar cell carcinomaPediatric patientsTumor characteristicsHazards regressionCell carcinomaGland cancer
2017
Treatment guidelines and patterns of care in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Primary surgical resection vs. nonsurgical treatment
Fujiwara RJT, Burtness B, Husain ZA, Judson BL, Bhatia A, Sasaki CT, Yarbrough WG, Mehra S. Treatment guidelines and patterns of care in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Primary surgical resection vs. nonsurgical treatment. Oral Oncology 2017, 71: 129-137. PMID: 28688680, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral cavity squamous cell carcinomaNational Cancer Data BaseLate-stage diseasePrimary nonsurgical treatmentOral cavity malignancyNonsurgical treatmentSquamous cell carcinomaOverall survivalSurgical resectionCell carcinomaTreatment modalitiesNational Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice GuidelinesAcademic/research programMultimodality clinical trialsDefinitive radiation therapyImproved overall survivalDecreased overall survivalPrimary surgical resectionOral cavity cancerNon-randomized natureClinical practice guidelinesPatterns of careNon-white raceProportional hazards modelBinary logistic regression
2016
Survival Outcomes for Combined Modality Therapy for Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
Kuo P, Manes RP, Schwam ZG, Judson BL. Survival Outcomes for Combined Modality Therapy for Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma. Otolaryngology 2016, 156: 132-136. PMID: 27703092, DOI: 10.1177/0194599816670146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSinonasal undifferentiated carcinomaCombined modality therapyNational Cancer DatabaseUndifferentiated carcinomaChemoradiotherapy groupModality therapyOverall survivalSurvival outcomesTreatment modalitiesCancer DatabaseSurvival rateAdjuvant chemotherapy groupImproved survival outcomesMultivariate Cox regressionCumulative survival rateKaplan-Meier analysisMulti-institutional studyCases of SNUCAdjuvant chemotherapyChemotherapy groupMultimodality therapyModality treatmentPrognostic factorsCox regressionAggressive malignancyTreatment trends and survival effects of chemotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer: Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base
Kuo P, Sosa JA, Burtness BA, Husain ZA, Mehra S, Roman SA, Yarbrough WG, Judson BL. Treatment trends and survival effects of chemotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer: Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer 2016, 122: 1853-1860. PMID: 27019213, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Squamous CellChemoradiotherapy, AdjuvantDatabases, FactualFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansHypopharyngeal NeoplasmsKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsHypopharyngeal cancerDefinitive settingTreatment modalitiesSurvival rateNational Cancer Data BaseMultivariate Cox regression analysisKaplan-Meier survival curvesPrimary hypopharyngeal cancerUse of chemotherapyCox regression analysisDefinitive chemoradiotherapyAdjuvant chemoradiotherapyAdjuvant treatmentDefinitive radiotherapyAdult patientsOverall survivalClinical factorsDefinitive treatmentImproved survivalDistant metastasisSurvival outcomesChemoradiotherapyRadiotherapySurvival analysisSurvival curves
2014
Hypopharyngeal cancer incidence, treatment, and survival: Temporal trends in the United States
Kuo P, Chen MM, Decker RH, Yarbrough WG, Judson BL. Hypopharyngeal cancer incidence, treatment, and survival: Temporal trends in the United States. The Laryngoscope 2014, 124: 2064-2069. PMID: 25295351, DOI: 10.1002/lary.24651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAverage annual percent changeHypopharyngeal cancerPatient demographicsTreatment modalitiesDisease severityEnd Results (SEER) databaseRetrospective cohort studyKaplan-Meier analysisAnnual percent changeAdult patientsCohort studyOverall survivalWorse survivalImproved survivalResults databaseT stageTumor characteristicsCox regressionCancer incidenceMultivariate analysisPercent changeLaryngopharyngectomyCancerIncidenceTemporal trends