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 patientsRole of Adjuvant Treatment in Esophageal Cancer With Incidental Pathologic Node Positivity
Gao SJ, Park HS, Corso CD, Rutter CE, Kim AW, Johung KL. Role of Adjuvant Treatment in Esophageal Cancer With Incidental Pathologic Node Positivity. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2017, 104: 267-274. PMID: 28456393, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.01.092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMargin-positive patientsSurgical resectionEsophageal cancer patientsMargin-negative patientsAdjuvant treatmentChemoradiation therapyOverall survivalCarcinoma patientsCancer patientsMultivariable Cox regression analysisNational Cancer Data BaseSquamous cell carcinoma patientsPathologic nodal involvementPathologic node positivityConcurrent chemoradiation therapyAdjuvant chemoradiation therapyCell carcinoma patientsEsophageal carcinoma patientsCox regression analysisFurther prospective studiesOptimal adjuvant treatmentLog-rank testKaplan-Meier estimationAdjuvant chemotherapyN0 patients
2015
The Addition of Radiation Therapy to Adjuvant Chemotherapy is Associated With Improved Overall Survival in Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Rutter C, Park H, Corso C, Lester-Coll N, Mancini B, Yeboa D, Johung K. The Addition of Radiation Therapy to Adjuvant Chemotherapy is Associated With Improved Overall Survival in Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2015, 93: s154-s155. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.07.368.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAddition of radiotherapy to adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with improved overall survival in resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma: An analysis of the National Cancer Data Base
Rutter CE, Park HS, Corso CD, Lester-Coll NH, Mancini BR, Yeboa DN, Johung KL. Addition of radiotherapy to adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with improved overall survival in resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma: An analysis of the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer 2015, 121: 4141-4149. PMID: 26280559, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImproved overall survivalNational Cancer Data BaseOverall survivalPancreatic adenocarcinomaAdjuvant chemotherapyR0 resectionR1 resectionPN1 diseaseNational cohortSubset analysisPropensity scoreAddition of radiotherapyMedian radiotherapy doseOutcome of chemotherapyLarge national cohortPT1-3N0CRT groupClinicopathologic characteristicsCRT patientsRandomized comparisonCox regressionRadiotherapy doseOptimal treatmentPancreatic cancerUnivariate analysis