2022
Outcomes and Toxicities of Nonmedullary Thyroid Tumors Treated with Proton Beam Radiation Therapy
Youssef I, Yoon J, Mohamed N, Zakeri K, Press R, Yu Y, Kang J, Wong R, Tuttle R, Shaha A, Sherman E, Lee N. Outcomes and Toxicities of Nonmedullary Thyroid Tumors Treated with Proton Beam Radiation Therapy. International Journal Of Particle Therapy 2022, 9: 20-30. PMID: 36060412, PMCID: PMC9415751, DOI: 10.14338/ijpt-22-00005.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPercent of patientsLocal-regional recurrenceThyroid cancerRadiation therapyGross diseaseOverall survivalPercutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubeProton therapyProton beam radiation therapyAcute grade 3Central neck compartmentFavorable therapeutic ratioIntensity-modulated radiation therapyBeam radiation therapyProton beam therapyConcurrent chemotherapyPalliative radiationUnresectable diseaseAdjuvant radiationDefinitive radiationT4 diseaseMetastatic diseaseNeck compartmentRegional recurrenceUpper mediastinum
2021
The 30 ROC trial: Precision intra-treatment imaging guiding major radiation reduction in human papillomavirus related oropharyngeal cancer.
Lee N, Sherman E, Schöder H, McBride S, Yu Y, Kang J, Tsai C, Gelblum D, Boyle J, Singh B, Cohen M, Cracchiolo J, Ganly I, Dunn L, Kriplani A, Fetten J, Michel L, Wong R, Pfister D, Riaz N. The 30 ROC trial: Precision intra-treatment imaging guiding major radiation reduction in human papillomavirus related oropharyngeal cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 6019-6019. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.6019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositron emission tomographyGrade 1Locoregional controlNodal diseaseOropharyngeal carcinomaOPC patientsGrade 2Primary siteGrade 3 adverse eventsWeight lossDe-escalated patientsGross nodal diseaseRecurrent nodal diseaseResolution of hypoxiaSuccessful salvage surgeryExcellent locoregional controlOverall survival rateSpecific treatment responsesPatient-specific treatment responsesConcurrent chemotherapyDefinitive doseMucositis ratesAdditional therapySalvage surgeryAdverse events