2020
Margin negative resection and pathologic downstaging with multiagent chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy in patients with localized pancreas cancer: A national cancer database analysis
Miccio JA, Talcott WJ, Patel T, Park HS, Cecchini M, Salem RR, Khan SA, Stein S, Kortmansky JS, Lacy J, Narang A, Herman J, Jabbour SK, Hallemeier CL, Johung K, Jethwa KR. Margin negative resection and pathologic downstaging with multiagent chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy in patients with localized pancreas cancer: A national cancer database analysis. Clinical And Translational Radiation Oncology 2020, 27: 15-23. PMID: 33392398, PMCID: PMC7772693, DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2020.12.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaCT3-4 diseaseMargin-negative resectionR0 resectionNon-metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaLocalized Pancreatic Ductal AdenocarcinomaNational Cancer Database AnalysisPre-operative RTMulti-agent chemotherapyNational Cancer DatabasePathologic complete responsePre-operative radiotherapyKaplan-Meier methodCox regression analysisMultivariable associateMultiagent chemotherapyNegative resectionPathologic responseComplete responseMeier methodCurative treatmentPancreas cancerFemale sexCancer DatabaseDuctal adenocarcinoma
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 patients