2023
Pre-operative chemoradiotherapy with or without induction chemotherapy for operable locally-advanced esophageal cancer
Peters G, Talcott W, Peters N, Dhanasopan A, Lacy J, Cecchini M, Kortmansky J, Stein S, Lattanzi S, Park H, Boffa D, Johung K, Jethwa K. Pre-operative chemoradiotherapy with or without induction chemotherapy for operable locally-advanced esophageal cancer. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2023, 14: 1181-1192. PMID: 37435226, PMCID: PMC10331751, DOI: 10.21037/jgo-22-1005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProgression-free survivalMedian progression-free survivalOverall survivalIC-CRTInduction chemotherapySingle-institution retrospective cohort studyPre-operative chemoradiotherapyAdvanced esophageal cancerAdvanced esophageal carcinomaPathologic complete responseRetrospective cohort studyKaplan-Meier methodSubset of patientsProportional hazards regressionCycles of inductionAdenocarcinoma histologyCRT cohortCohort studyComplete responsePathologic responseTreatment cohortsDistant metastasisHazards regressionEsophageal cancerEsophageal carcinoma
2018
Differing Radiation Doses Associated with Improved Overall Survival in Trimodality versus Bimodality Treatment for Esophageal Cancer
Anker C, Johnson S, Barry M, Heimann R, Borrazzo E, Park H, Lin S, Lester-Coll N. Differing Radiation Doses Associated with Improved Overall Survival in Trimodality versus Bimodality Treatment for Esophageal Cancer. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2018, 102: e25-e26. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.507.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Post-operative radiotherapy is associated with improved survival in esophageal cancer with positive surgical margins
Gao SJ, Park HS, Corso CD, Rutter CE, Khan SA, Johung KL. Post-operative radiotherapy is associated with improved survival in esophageal cancer with positive surgical margins. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2017, 8: 953-961. PMID: 29299354, PMCID: PMC5750177, DOI: 10.21037/jgo.2017.08.12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-operative radiotherapyClinical stage INational Cancer Data BaseEarly-stage esophageal cancerOverall survivalPositive surgical marginsPositive marginsUpfront esophagectomyEsophageal cancerStage IImproved survivalSurgical marginsMultivariable Cox regression analysisImproved overall survivalReceipt of chemotherapyCox regression analysisMultivariable logistic regressionEsophageal cancer patientsLog-rank testAdjuvant chemotherapyOS benefitPostoperative chemotherapyPN0 diseaseMultivariable analysisCancer patients