2022
Immunotherapy After Chemotherapy and Radiation for Clinical Stage III Lung Cancer
Pichert MD, Canavan ME, Maduka RC, Li AX, Ermer T, Zhan PL, Kaminski M, Udelsman BV, Blasberg JD, Park HS, Goldberg SB, Boffa DJ. Immunotherapy After Chemotherapy and Radiation for Clinical Stage III Lung Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2224478. PMID: 35925606, PMCID: PMC9353596, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage III non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerClinical stage III non-small cell lung cancerUnresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancerPropensity-matched sampleGeneral US populationSurvival advantageCohort studyLung cancerMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsUS populationStage III lung cancerMedian age 66 yearsCox proportional hazards modelNational Cancer DatabaseEfficacy of immunotherapyAge 66 yearsProtocol rangesCell lung cancerClinical trial populationsProportional hazards modelTerms of ageImmunotherapy initiationImmunotherapy recipientsImmunotherapy use
2021
Optimal Timing of SBRT for Treatment of Oligometastatic Disease: A Single Institution Retrospective Analysis
Gao S, Yu J, Park H, Decker R. Optimal Timing of SBRT for Treatment of Oligometastatic Disease: A Single Institution Retrospective Analysis. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2021, 111: e476-e477. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.1324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCurative-intent stereotactic body radiation therapyStereotactic body radiation therapyUpfront systemic therapyKarnofsky performance scoreProgression-free survivalSystemic therapyOverall survivalOligometastatic diseaseSequential therapyWorse survivalOligometastatic settingConcurrent therapyImproved survivalHigher Karnofsky performance scoreSingle-institution retrospective analysisOptimal timingCox proportional hazards modelExtracranial metastatic lesionsImproved overall survivalPrimary tumor locationMajority of patientsConcurrent systemic therapyMultivariate Cox analysisBody radiation therapyProportional hazards modelPan‐cancer analysis of prognostic metastatic phenotypes
Zaorsky NG, Wang X, Garrett SM, Lehrer EJ, Lin C, DeGraff DJ, Spratt DE, Trifiletti DM, Kishan AU, Showalter TN, Park HS, Yang JT, Chinchilli VM, Wang M. Pan‐cancer analysis of prognostic metastatic phenotypes. International Journal Of Cancer 2021, 150: 132-141. PMID: 34287840, PMCID: PMC8595638, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33744.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver/lung metastasisLung metastasesOverall survivalMetastatic cancerConcordance indexCancer stage IV diseaseCox proportional hazards modelMetastatic phenotypeNational Cancer DatabaseStage IV diseaseEnd Results (SEER) databaseAmerican Joint CommitteeLong-term survivorsLatent class analysisProportional hazards modelStage IVANomogram modelResults databaseSurvival outcomesBetter prognosticationCancer DatabasePan-cancer analysisClinical trialsHazards modelJoint Committee
2019
Is Proton Therapy a “Pro” for Breast Cancer? A Comparison of Proton vs. Non-proton Radiotherapy Using the National Cancer Database
Chowdhary M, Lee A, Gao S, Wang D, Barry PN, Diaz R, Bagadiya NR, Park HS, Yu JB, Wilson LD, Moran MS, Higgins SA, Knowlton CA, Patel KR. Is Proton Therapy a “Pro” for Breast Cancer? A Comparison of Proton vs. Non-proton Radiotherapy Using the National Cancer Database. Frontiers In Oncology 2019, 8: 678. PMID: 30693271, PMCID: PMC6339938, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00678.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLymph node irradiationNational Cancer DatabaseOverall survivalMultivariable analysisBreast cancerCancer DatabaseProton radiotherapyNon-metastatic breast cancerCox proportional hazards modelHigher heart dosesN2-N3 diseaseMultivariate logistic analysisProportional hazards modelAcademic facilitiesLogistic regression modelsHeart dosesAdjuvant radiotherapyNode irradiationHazard ratioNode positivityClinical benefitClinical trialsPRT patientsStage 0Hazards model
2011
Survival outcomes in atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor for patients undergoing radiotherapy in a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results analysis
Buscariollo DL, Park HS, Roberts KB, Yu JB. Survival outcomes in atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor for patients undergoing radiotherapy in a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results analysis. Cancer 2011, 118: 4212-4219. PMID: 22213196, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtypical teratoid rhabdoid tumorMedian overall survivalOverall survivalRT useLandmark analysisRhabdoid tumorRare central nervous system malignanciesNational Cancer Institute's SurveillanceCentral nervous system malignanciesCox proportional hazards modelRole of radiotherapyEnd Results (SEER) databaseEnd Results analysisSignificant survival benefitProspective clinical trialsGross total resectionPatients ages 4Nervous system malignanciesImmortal time biasProportional hazards modelLong-term survivorshipAdjuvant radiotherapyInitial radiotherapyPrimary endpointInitial management