2022
Nonadherence to Multimodality Cancer Treatment Guidelines in the United States
Tchelebi LT, Shen B, Wang M, Potters L, Herman J, Boffa D, Segel JE, Park HS, Zaorsky NG. Nonadherence to Multimodality Cancer Treatment Guidelines in the United States. Advances In Radiation Oncology 2022, 7: 100938. PMID: 35469182, PMCID: PMC9034283, DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2022.100938.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGuideline-concordant treatmentAnal cancerMultimodality treatmentRectal cancerCervical cancerLung cancerAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerNasopharynx cancerNon-small cell lung cancerNonmetastatic anal cancerNational Cancer DatabasePercent of patientsAdvanced cervical cancerCancer treatment guidelinesCell lung cancerMultivariable logistic regressionPrimary tumor siteLow-volume facilitiesTreatment guidelinesComorbid conditionsCancer DatabaseOdds ratioNational guidelinesPatientsConfounding variables
2019
Comparison of Survival Rates After a Combination of Local Treatment and Systemic Therapy vs Systemic Therapy Alone for Treatment of Stage IV Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Uhlig J, Case MD, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Chiang A, Gettinger SN, Kim HS. Comparison of Survival Rates After a Combination of Local Treatment and Systemic Therapy vs Systemic Therapy Alone for Treatment of Stage IV Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2019, 2: e199702. PMID: 31433481, PMCID: PMC6707019, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.9702.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAblation TechniquesAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungChemotherapy, AdjuvantComparative Effectiveness ResearchDatabases, FactualFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingPneumonectomyProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsStage IV non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerPrimary tumor siteSuperior overall survivalSystemic therapySurgical resectionCell lung cancerExternal beam radiotherapyOverall survivalSurvival benefitLocal treatmentTumor siteTumor characteristicsLung cancerTreatment groupsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regression modelsOligometastatic non-small cell lung cancerStage IV squamous cell carcinomaSurvival rateCox proportional hazards regression modelProportional hazards regression modelsComparative effectiveness research studyCancer-specific factorsNational Cancer DatabaseStage IV disease