2018
Optimal Intraoperative Assessment of Gastric Margins
Celli R, Barbieri AL, Colunga M, Sinard J, Gibson JA. Optimal Intraoperative Assessment of Gastric Margins. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2018, 150: 353-363. PMID: 30020407, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqy062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntraoperative pathology consultationGastric marginPositive marginsTumor distanceMajority of casesRepresentative sectionsR0 resectionConsecutive patientsGastroesophageal junctionTumor sizeNegative marginsPatient outcomesIntraoperative assessmentPathology consultationPatientsStrong associationMargin assessment
2016
Pretreatment predictors of adjuvant chemoradiation in patients receiving transoral robotic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a case control study
Subramanian HE, Park HS, Barbieri A, Mahajan A, Judson BL, Mehra S, Yarbrough WG, Burtness BA, Husain ZA. Pretreatment predictors of adjuvant chemoradiation in patients receiving transoral robotic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a case control study. Cancers Of The Head & Neck 2016, 1: 7. PMID: 31093337, PMCID: PMC6460847, DOI: 10.1186/s41199-016-0008-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransoral robotic surgeryPositive lymph nodesPreoperative patient characteristicsLymph node sizePositive surgical marginsExtracapsular extensionLymph nodesPatient characteristicsSurgical marginsAdjuvant chemoradiationNeck dissectionIndependent predictorsPositive marginsLymph node extracapsular extensionSingle-institution retrospective studyNode sizeLogistic regressionRobotic surgeryNodal extracapsular extensionPreoperative lymph nodeEarly-stage diseaseMajority of patientsSquamous cell carcinomaCase-control studyPrimary oropharyngeal cancer