Benjamin L. Judson, MD
Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology); Chief, Division of Otolaryngology, Yale Medicine
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Research Summary
My research interests include investigating outcomes and quality in head and neck cancer therapy, participating in clinical trials, and leading a bio-repository of head and neck cancers at Yale that enables basic and translational science.
Extensive Research Description
American Cancer Society funded study to identify tobacco smoke mediated methylation changes in the oral mucosa as potential biomarkers of risk for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
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Research Interests
Neoplasms; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
Selected Publications
- Trends and variations in the use of adjuvant therapy for patients with head and neck cancer.Chen MM, Roman SA, Yarbrough WG, Burtness BA, Sosa JA, Judson BL. Trends and variations in the use of adjuvant therapy for patients with head and neck cancer. Cancer 2014, 120:3353-60.
- Positive surgical margins in early stage oral cavity cancer: an analysis of 20,602 cases.Luryi AL, Chen MM, Mehra S, Roman SA, Sosa JA, Judson BL. Positive surgical margins in early stage oral cavity cancer: an analysis of 20,602 cases. Otolaryngology--head And Neck Surgery : Official Journal Of American Academy Of Otolaryngology-Head And Neck Surgery 2014, 151:984-90.
- Investigation of the presence of HPV related oropharyngeal and oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma in Mozambique.Blumberg J, Monjane L, Prasad M, Carrilho C, Judson BL. Investigation of the presence of HPV related oropharyngeal and oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma in Mozambique. Cancer Epidemiology 2015, 39:1000-5.
- Smoking, cessation, and cessation counseling in patients with cancer: A population-based analysis.Ramaswamy AT, Toll BA, Chagpar AB, Judson BL. Smoking, cessation, and cessation counseling in patients with cancer: A population-based analysis. Cancer 2016, 122:1247-53.
- Treatment trends and survival effects of chemotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer: Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base.Kuo P, Sosa JA, Burtness BA, Husain ZA, Mehra S, Roman SA, Yarbrough WG, Judson BL. Treatment trends and survival effects of chemotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer: Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer 2016, 122:1853-60.
- Proposing prognostic thresholds for lymph node yield in clinically lymph node-negative and lymph node-positive cancers of the oral cavity.Kuo P, Mehra S, Sosa JA, Roman SA, Husain ZA, Burtness BA, Tate JP, Yarbrough WG, Judson BL. Proposing prognostic thresholds for lymph node yield in clinically lymph node-negative and lymph node-positive cancers of the oral cavity. Cancer 2016, 122:3624-3631.