2022
Impact of radiotherapy delay following biopsy for patients with unresected glioblastoma.
Gao S, Jin L, Moliterno J, Corbin ZA, Bindra RS, Contessa JN, Yu JB, Park HS. Impact of radiotherapy delay following biopsy for patients with unresected glioblastoma. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2022, 138: 610-620. PMID: 35907197, DOI: 10.3171/2022.5.jns212761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeeks of biopsyOverall survivalCox proportional hazards regression modelingProportional hazards regression modelingNational Cancer DatabaseInitiation of radiotherapyKaplan-Meier methodWorse overall survivalWilcoxon rank sum testEffects of confoundersRank sum testUnresected diseaseAdjuvant radiotherapyConcurrent chemotherapyMedian intervalMultivariable analysisRadiotherapy delayCancer DatabaseClinical dataBiopsyPatientsLate initiationAggressive natureRadiotherapyPotential associationHypofractionated vs . standard radiotherapy for locally advanced limited-stage small cell lung cancer
Saeed NA, Jin L, Sasse AW, Amini A, Verma V, Lester-Coll NH, Chen PH, Decker RH, Park HS. Hypofractionated vs . standard radiotherapy for locally advanced limited-stage small cell lung cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2022, 0: 0-0. PMID: 35280466, PMCID: PMC8902118, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-1566.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLimited stage small cell lung cancerSmall cell lung cancerCell lung cancerOverall survivalStandard radiotherapyLung cancerHypofractionated radiotherapyConcurrent chemotherapyComparable overall survivalMedian overall survivalMultivariable Cox regressionPrimary stage IINational Cancer DatabaseRetrospective cohort studyMultivariable logistic regressionLog-rank testChemotherapy timingCohort studyPatient characteristicsMultivariable analysisCox regressionWhole cohortCancer DatabasePractice patternsChemotherapy
2020
Adjuvant external beam radiotherapy for surgically resected, nonmetastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer
Saeed NA, Kelly JR, Deshpande HA, Bhatia AK, Burtness BA, Judson BL, Mehra S, Edwards HA, Yarbrough WG, Peter PR, Holt EH, Decker RH, Husain ZA, Park HS. Adjuvant external beam radiotherapy for surgically resected, nonmetastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer. Head & Neck 2020, 42: 1031-1044. PMID: 32011055, DOI: 10.1002/hed.26086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnaplastic thyroid cancerLonger OSAdjuvant EBRTThyroid cancerAdjuvant external beam radiotherapyNational Cancer DatabaseExternal beam radiotherapyConcurrent chemoradiationConcurrent chemotherapyImproved survivalMedian ageCancer DatabaseRetrospective analysisBeam radiotherapyEBRTChemotherapyPatientsCancerUVAChemoradiationResectionRadiotherapy
2015
Pediatric Brainstem Glioma Survival After Definitive Radiation Therapy With or Without Concurrent Chemotherapy: A Nationwide Comparison
Park H, Yeboa D, Lester-Coll N, Corso C, Mancini B, Bindra R, Roberts K, Yu J, Rutter C. Pediatric Brainstem Glioma Survival After Definitive Radiation Therapy With or Without Concurrent Chemotherapy: A Nationwide Comparison. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2015, 93: e504-e505. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.07.1836.Peer-Reviewed Original Research