2020
Racial Disparity Between Asian and Caucasian Crouzon Syndrome in Skull Morphology.
Lu X, Forte AJ, Fan F, Zhang Z, Teng L, Yang B, Alperovich M, Steinbacher DM, Alonso N, Persing JA. Racial Disparity Between Asian and Caucasian Crouzon Syndrome in Skull Morphology. Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery 2020, 31: 2182-2187. PMID: 33136851, DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000006741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrouzon patientsCrouzon syndromeLateral pterygoidIntracranial sideRacial disparitiesDifferent patient populationsPosterior fossa volumeCranial basePosterior cranial fossaMiddle cranial baseAsian patientsCaucasian patientsPatient populationTomographic scanPatientsCranial base angleCranial base angulationCranial fossaFossa volumeTreatment plan
2019
Analysis of Melanoma in African American Patients in the United States
Boczar D, Restrepo DJ, Sisti A, Huayllani MT, Saleem HY, Lu X, Cinotto G, Manrique OJ, Spaulding AC, Forte AJ. Analysis of Melanoma in African American Patients in the United States. Anticancer Research 2019, 39: 6333-6337. PMID: 31704864, DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.13844.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAfrican American patientsAA patientsAmerican patientsTumor stagingWorse tumor stagingNational Cancer DatabaseAmerican Joint CommitteePresence of ulcerationAA raceTreatment delayAnalysis of melanomaCancer DatabaseCancer programsCancer stagePatient efficacyPatientsJoint CommitteeMelanomaMean timeTreatmentStagingCaucasiansDaysUnited StatesUlceration