2025
The implementation of artificial intelligence in serial monitoring of post gamma knife vestibular schwannomas: A pilot study
Singh M, Jester N, Lorr S, Briano A, Schwartz N, Mahajan A, Chiang V, Tommasini S, Wiznia D, Buono F. The implementation of artificial intelligence in serial monitoring of post gamma knife vestibular schwannomas: A pilot study. Clinical Imaging 2025, 123: 110495. PMID: 40388858, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2025.110495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGamma knife radiosurgeryVestibular schwannomaPost-GKSTumor growthVS volumeHalting tumor growthRetrospective cohort studyAssess treatment efficacyManual segmentationHearing lossBenign tumorsPaired t-testT1-weighted MRI scansAssess statistical significanceCohort studyDice similarity coefficientNeurological functionTreatment efficacyClinical monitoringMRI scansStatistical significancePercentage changeSchwannomaSpatial overlapTumor
2024
Comparing the Accuracy and Reliability of ABC/2 and Planimetry for Vestibular Schwannoma Volume Assessment
Singh K, Abdou H, Panth N, Chiang V, Buono F, Schwartz N, Mahajan A. Comparing the Accuracy and Reliability of ABC/2 and Planimetry for Vestibular Schwannoma Volume Assessment. Otology & Neurotology 2024, 46: 196-200. PMID: 39792983, DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000004392.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor volume assessmentABC/2 methodVestibular schwannomaVolume assessmentPlanimetry methodTumor volumeTumor volume changesFollow-up scansOverestimate tumor volumePatients' quality of lifeTumor sizeRetrospective reviewIntracranial tumorsImprove clinical decision makingSubgroup analysisVolumetric assessmentTumorClinical decision makingQuality of lifePatients' qualityPatientsClinical settingPlanimetryImaging techniquesPositive correlation
2020
MRI surveillance following concurrent cochlear implantation in cases of vestibular schwannoma resection
Schwartz N, Rooth MA, Dillon MT, O'Connell BP, Dedmon MM, Huang BY, Brown KD. MRI surveillance following concurrent cochlear implantation in cases of vestibular schwannoma resection. American Journal Of Otolaryngology 2020, 41: 102518. PMID: 32451290, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2020.102518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCochlear ImplantationCochlear NerveCranial Nerve NeoplasmsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMonitoring, PhysiologicNeuroma, AcousticOrgan Sparing TreatmentsPostoperative PeriodRetrospective StudiesVestibulocochlear NerveVestibulocochlear Nerve DiseasesConceptsInternal auditory canalConcurrent cochlear implantationVestibular schwannoma resectionIpsilateral internal auditory canalCerebellopontine angleSchwannoma resectionCochlear nerveCochlear implantationHead MRITranslabyrinthine vestibular schwannoma resectionCochlear implant magnetResidual tumor growthCI recipientsMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) monitoringTranslabyrinthine excisionImplant magnetMRI surveillanceRetrospective reviewVS tumorsTumor recurrenceAuditory canalSerial monitoringCI magnetExcellent visualizationTumor growthLoss of Estrogen Receptors is Associated with Increased Tumor Aggression in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Verma A, Schwartz N, Cohen DJ, Patel V, Nageris B, Bachar G, Boyan BD, Schwartz Z. Loss of Estrogen Receptors is Associated with Increased Tumor Aggression in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 4227. PMID: 32144339, PMCID: PMC7060328, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60675-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaERβ expressionCell carcinomaLaryngeal squamous cell carcinomaEstrogen receptor-dependent mechanismHigh ESR1 expressionClinical cancer stageCancer Genome AtlasImproved survivalTumor burdenPathological stageResponsive cancersCancer stageERα36 expressionHistopathological markersEstrogen receptorXenograft tumorsESR1 expressionTumor aggressionEpithelial samplesLSCCDependent mechanismGenome AtlasERα66Carcinoma
2013
Size discrepancy between sonographic and pathological evaluation of solitary papillary thyroid carcinoma
Bachar G, Buda I, Cohen M, Hadar T, Hilly O, Schwartz N, Shpitzer T, Segal K. Size discrepancy between sonographic and pathological evaluation of solitary papillary thyroid carcinoma. European Journal Of Radiology 2013, 82: 1899-1903. PMID: 23948454, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid carcinomaThyroid carcinomaThyroid nodulesSonographic sizesLarge thyroid tumorsSolitary papillary thyroid carcinomaExtent of surgeryRabin Medical CenterTreatment of patientsSuspicious thyroid lesionsActual tumor sizePotential clinical implicationsHistological diameterPathological diameterPreoperative SonographicFinal pathologyPathological evaluationThyroid surgeryTumor sizeUltrasound findingsNeedle biopsyHistological examinationMedical CenterPapillary carcinomaStudy populationThyroid Surgery in the Elderly
Schwartz N, Shpitzer T, Feinmesser R, Robenshtok E, Bachar G. Thyroid Surgery in the Elderly. Gerontology 2013, 59: 401-407. PMID: 23988591, DOI: 10.1159/000351197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder patientsThyroid diseaseIndividual risk-benefit analysisOlder groupPrevalence of comorbiditiesRetrospective cohort studyExtent of surgeryTertiary medical centerAdvanced disease stageBetween-group differencesRisk-benefit analysisBasis of ageMore comorbiditiesAdvanced diseasePostoperative complicationsTotal thyroidectomyCohort studyElderly patientsYounger patientsMedical chartsDistant metastasisHistologic subtypeSurgical managementOperative managementRecurrence rate
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