2022
Outcomes and Toxicities of Nonmedullary Thyroid Tumors Treated with Proton Beam Radiation Therapy
Youssef I, Yoon J, Mohamed N, Zakeri K, Press R, Yu Y, Kang J, Wong R, Tuttle R, Shaha A, Sherman E, Lee N. Outcomes and Toxicities of Nonmedullary Thyroid Tumors Treated with Proton Beam Radiation Therapy. International Journal Of Particle Therapy 2022, 9: 20-30. PMID: 36060412, PMCID: PMC9415751, DOI: 10.14338/ijpt-22-00005.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPercent of patientsLocal-regional recurrenceThyroid cancerRadiation therapyGross diseaseOverall survivalPercutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubeProton therapyProton beam radiation therapyAcute grade 3Central neck compartmentFavorable therapeutic ratioIntensity-modulated radiation therapyBeam radiation therapyProton beam therapyConcurrent chemotherapyPalliative radiationUnresectable diseaseAdjuvant radiationDefinitive radiationT4 diseaseMetastatic diseaseNeck compartmentRegional recurrenceUpper mediastinum
2021
Outcomes and prognostic factors of major salivary gland tumors treated with proton beam radiation therapy
Zakeri K, Wang H, Kang JJ, Lee A, Romesser P, Mohamed N, Gelblum D, Sherman E, Dunn L, Boyle J, Wong R, Chen L, Yu Y, Tsai CJ, McBride SM, Riaz N, Lee N. Outcomes and prognostic factors of major salivary gland tumors treated with proton beam radiation therapy. Head & Neck 2021, 43: 1056-1062. PMID: 33606323, PMCID: PMC9371938, DOI: 10.1002/hed.26563.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor salivary gland tumorsProton beam radiation therapyBeam radiation therapySalivary gland tumorsRadiation therapyLocoregional controlGland tumorsProgression-free survivalPhoton radiation therapyOverall survivalPrognostic factorsCommon siteCystic carcinomaLarge cohortDosimetric advantagesParotid glandTherapyPatientsTumorsTherapy CenterSurvivalTreatmentProton Therapy CenterCarcinomaCohort