2020
Revisiting the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 1221 Hypothesis: Treatment for Stage III/IV HPV-Negative Oropharyngeal Cancer
Jacobs D, Torabi SJ, Park HS, Rahmati R, Young MR, Mehra S, Judson BL. Revisiting the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 1221 Hypothesis: Treatment for Stage III/IV HPV-Negative Oropharyngeal Cancer. Otolaryngology 2020, 164: 1240-1248. PMID: 33198564, DOI: 10.1177/0194599820969613.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseHPV-negative oropharyngeal cancersChemoradiation therapyOverall survivalCancer DatabaseOropharyngeal cancerHPV-negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaLarge national cancer databaseNeck cancer-specific survivalOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaCox proportional hazards regressionKaplan-Meier survival analysisCancer-specific survivalImproved overall survivalMultivariable Cox regressionRetrospective cohort studyAdjuvant chemoradiation therapyUse of surgeryEnd Results ProgramProportional hazards regressionSquamous cell carcinomaSEER cohortAdjuvant therapyCohort studySEER database
2019
Impact of contralateral lymph nodal involvement and extranodal extension on survival of surgically managed HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer staged with the AJCC eighth edition
Miccio JA, Verma V, Kelly J, Kann BH, An Y, Park HS, Eskander A, Burtness B, Husain Z. Impact of contralateral lymph nodal involvement and extranodal extension on survival of surgically managed HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer staged with the AJCC eighth edition. Oral Oncology 2019, 99: 104447. PMID: 31630059, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.104447.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaExtranodal extensionLymphovascular invasionKaplan-Meier overall survival analysisContralateral lymph node involvementHPV-positive oropharyngeal cancerFuture staging systemsNational Cancer DatabaseLymph node involvementLymph nodal involvementSquamous cell carcinomaAJCC eighth editionOverall survival analysisPathologic nodalInferior OSNodal involvementNode involvementWorse OSClinical stagingPrognostic factorsOropharyngeal cancerPositive marginsPrognostic importanceCell carcinomaCox regressionOA01 Impact of Contralateral Lymph Node Involvement on Survival of Surgically-Managed HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer Staged with the AJCC Eighth Edition
Miccio J, Kelly J, Kann B, An Y, Park H, Verma V, Mehra S, Judson B, Burtness B, Husain Z. OA01 Impact of Contralateral Lymph Node Involvement on Survival of Surgically-Managed HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer Staged with the AJCC Eighth Edition. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2019, 103: e1. DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(19)30402-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Treatment deintensification in human papillomavirus‐positive oropharynx cancer: Outcomes from the National Cancer Data Base
Cheraghlou S, Yu PK, Otremba MD, Park HS, Bhatia A, Zogg CK, Mehra S, Yarbrough WG, Judson BL. Treatment deintensification in human papillomavirus‐positive oropharynx cancer: Outcomes from the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer 2017, 124: 717-726. PMID: 29243245, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer Data BaseStage III diseaseTriple-modality therapyAdjuvant radiotherapyOropharyngeal cancerStage IHuman papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancerUnivariate Kaplan-Meier analysisAvoidance of chemotherapyDeintensification of treatmentEdition stage IStage II diseaseMultivariate Cox regressionAmerican Joint CommitteeKaplan-Meier analysisDisease stage groupsForm of treatmentTreatment deintensificationAdjuvant chemoradiotherapyDefinitive radiotherapyTreatment intensificationFavorable prognosisImproved survivalCox regressionRetrospective studyImpact of Pathologic Lymph Node Number and Extranodal Extension on Overall Survival in Human Papillomavirus–Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer
Lee N, Park H, Kelly J, An Y, Husain Z. Impact of Pathologic Lymph Node Number and Extranodal Extension on Overall Survival in Human Papillomavirus–Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2017, 99: e352. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.1442.Peer-Reviewed Original Research