2020
Trends in Use and Comparison of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Brachytherapy, and Dose-Escalated External Beam Radiation Therapy for the Management of Localized, Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer
Nguyen KA, Lee A, Patel SA, Chakravorty A, Yu JB, Kishan AU, Chang AJ. Trends in Use and Comparison of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Brachytherapy, and Dose-Escalated External Beam Radiation Therapy for the Management of Localized, Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2017144. PMID: 32970153, PMCID: PMC7516602, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStereotactic body radiation therapyBody radiation therapyRadiation therapyProstate cancerIntermediate-risk prostate cancerExternal beam radiation therapyManagement of LocalizedExternal beam radiotherapyUse of brachytherapyBeam radiation therapyCohort studyBeam radiotherapyTherapyDisease managementCancerBrachytherapyPatientsRadiotherapy
2019
Multi-Institutional Validation of Deep Learning for Pretreatment Identification of Extranodal Extension in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Kann BH, Hicks DF, Payabvash S, Mahajan A, Du J, Gupta V, Park HS, Yu JB, Yarbrough WG, Burtness BA, Husain ZA, Aneja S. Multi-Institutional Validation of Deep Learning for Pretreatment Identification of Extranodal Extension in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 38: 1304-1311. PMID: 31815574, DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.02031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeck squamous cell carcinomaExtranodal extensionSquamous cell carcinomaLymph nodesCell carcinomaContrast-enhanced CT scanDiagnostic abilityBoard-certified neuroradiologistsTreatment escalationCancer Genome AtlasPathologic confirmationPretreatment identificationDiagnostic challengeExternal validation data setsPathology resultsPretreatment imagingPoor prognosticatorClinical utilityCT scanPatientsClinical decisionHNSCCDiagnostic accuracyInstitutional ValidationGenome Atlas
2016
National sociodemographic disparities in the treatment of high‐risk prostate cancer: Do academic cancer centers perform better than community cancer centers?
Mahal B, Chen Y, Muralidhar V, Mahal A, Choueiri T, Hoffman K, Hu J, Sweeney C, Yu J, Feng F, Kim S, Beard C, Martin N, Trinh Q, Nguyen P. National sociodemographic disparities in the treatment of high‐risk prostate cancer: Do academic cancer centers perform better than community cancer centers? Cancer 2016, 122: 3371-3377. PMID: 27434225, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAgedBlack or African AmericanCancer Care FacilitiesCommunity Health ServicesDatabases, FactualDemographyFollow-Up StudiesHealthcare DisparitiesHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleMedically UninsuredNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm StagingPrognosisProstatic NeoplasmsQuality of Health CareRisk FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsHigh-risk prostate cancerCommunity cancer centerProstate cancerAcademic cancer centerCancer CenterDefinitive therapyTreatment delayTreatment of high-risk prostate cancerAcademic centersNational Cancer Data BaseMultivariate Cox regression analysisSociodemographic disparitiesHigh-risk cancerCancer treatment patternsMultivariate Cox regressionTiming of therapyCox regression analysisMultivariate logistic analysisTreatment disparitiesCommunity centersExperience treatment delaysUninsured patientsTreatment patternsGray's testCox regression
2010
Analysis of pathologic extent of disease for clinically localized prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy and subsequent use of adjuvant radiation in a national cohort
Schreiber D, Rineer J, Yu J, Olsheski M, Nwokedi E, Schwartz D, Choi K, Rotman M. Analysis of pathologic extent of disease for clinically localized prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy and subsequent use of adjuvant radiation in a national cohort. Cancer 2010, 116: 5757-5766. PMID: 20737571, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate-specific antigenClinically localized prostate cancerPositive surgical marginsLocalized prostate cancerAdjuvant radiationRadical prostatectomySurgical marginsProstate cancerPathologic extentRate of organ-confined diseaseProstate-specific antigen levelRisk of extraprostatic extensionPatterns of care studyOrgan-confined diseaseNegative surgical marginsEnd Results databaseLogistic regression analysisPopulation-based studyExtraprostatic diseaseExtraprostatic extensionGleason 7Gleason 8Postoperative radiationProstatic adenocarcinomaResults database