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African American Specific Gene Panel Predictive of Poor Prostate Cancer Outcome by Echevarria, Michelle I, Awasthi, Shivanshu, Cheng, Chia-Ho, Berglund, Anders E, Rounbehler, Robert J, Gerke, Travis A, Takhar, Mandeep, Davicioni, Elai, Klein, Eric A, Freedland, Stephen J, Ross, Ashley E, Schaeffer, Edward M, Den, Robert B, Cleveland, John L, Park, Jong Y, Rayford, Walter, Yamoah, Kosj

“…Most prostate cancer in African American men lacks the ETS (E26 transforming specific) family fusion event (ETS-). We aimed to establish clinically relevant…”
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Treatment delays, race, and outcomes in head and neck cancer by Naghavi, Arash O., MD, MS, Echevarria, Michelle I., MD, Strom, Tobin J., MD, Abuodeh, Yazan A., MD, Ahmed, Kamran A., MD, Venkat, Puja S., MD, Trotti, Andy, MD, Harrison, Louis B., MD, Green, B. Lee, PhD, Yamoah, Kosj, MD, PhD, Caudell, Jimmy J., MD, PhD

“…Highlights • Black patients more often presented with delays in diagnosis or advanced disease. • Black patients more often had >45 days elapsed from diagnosis…”
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Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer in Low Resource Settings by Echevarria, Michelle I., MD, Naghavi, Arash O., MD MS, Abuodeh, Yazan A., MD, Ahmed, Kamran A, Chevere, Carlos, MD, Fernandez, Daniel, MD PhD, Yamoah, Kosj, MD PhD

“…Abstract Introduction In areas with limited healthcare, it is important to identify and implement effective treatment methods while optimizing available…”
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Patient choice for high‐volume center radiation impacts head and neck cancer outcome by Naghavi, Arash O., Echevarria, Michelle I., Strom, Tobin J., Abuodeh, Yazan A., Venkat, Puja S., Ahmed, Kamran A., Demetriou, Stephanie, Frakes, Jessica M., Kim, Youngchul, Kish, Julie A., Russell, Jeffery S., Otto, Kristen J., Chung, Christine H., Harrison, Louis B., Trotti, Andy, Caudell, Jimmy J.

“…Background Studies suggest treatment outcomes may vary between high (HVC)‐ and low‐volume centers (LVC). Radiation therapy (RT) for head and neck cancer (HNC)…”
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Having Medicaid insurance negatively impacts outcomes in patients with head and neck malignancies by Naghavi, Arash O., Echevarria, Michelle I., Grass, G. Daniel, Strom, Tobin J., Abuodeh, Yazan A., Ahmed, Kamran A., Kim, Youngchul, Trotti, Andy M., Harrison, Louis B., Yamoah, Kosj, Caudell, Jimmy J.

“…BACKGROUND Patients covered by Medicaid insurance appear to have poorer cancer outcomes. Herein, the authors sought to test whether Medicaid was associated…”
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Phase 1 Dose Escalation of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Concurrent Cisplatin for Reirradiation of Unresectable, Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck by Echevarria, Michelle I., Yang, George Q., Chen, Dung-Tsa, Kirtane, Kedar, Russell, Jeffery, Kish, Julie, Muzaffar, Jameel, Otto, Kristen, Padhya, Tapan, McMullen, Caitlin, Patel, Krupal, Chung, Christine H., Caudell, Jimmy J.

“…Patients with locoregional recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) have relatively poor outcomes; therefore, stereotactic body…”
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The impact of body mass index on dosimetric quality in low-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy by Echevarria, Michelle I, Naghavi, Arash O, Venkat, Puja S, Abuodeh, Yazan A, Chevere, Carlos, Yamoah, Kosj

“…Low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy has been established as an effective and safe treatment option for men with low and intermediate risk prostate cancer. In…”
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Long-Term Update of NRG/RTOG 0522: A Randomized Phase 3 Trial of Concurrent Radiation and Cisplatin With or Without Cetuximab in Locoregionally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer by Caudell, Jimmy J., Torres-Saavedra, Pedro A., Rosenthal, David I., Axelrod, Rita S., Nguyen-Tan, Phuc Felix, Sherman, Eric J., Weber, Randal S., Galvin, James M., El-Naggar, Adel K., Konski, Andre A., Echevarria, Michelle I., Dunlap, Neal E., Shenouda, George, Singh, Anurag K., Beitler, Jonathan J., Garsa, Adam, Bonner, James A., Garden, Adam S., Algan, Ozer, Harris, Jonathan, Le, Quynh-Thu

“…The combination of cisplatin and radiation or cetuximab and radiation improves overall survival of patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck…”
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Management of Oropharyngeal Cancer in the HPV Era by Naghavi, Arash O, Strom, Tobin J, Ahmed, Kamran A, Echevarria, Michelle I, Abuodeh, Yazan A, Venkat, Puja S, Frakes, Jessica M, Harrison, Louis B, Trotti, Andy M, Caudell, Jimmy J

“…Historically, oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) has been attributed to risk factors such as smoking and alcohol use. The increased incidence of OPC has been driven by…”
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Viral hepatitis associated hepatocellular carcinoma outcomes with yttrium-90 radioembolization by Frakes, Jessica M, Abuodeh, Yazan A, Naghavi, Arash O, Echevarria, Michelle I, Shridhar, Ravi, Friedman, Mark, Kim, Richard, El-Haddad, Ghassan, Kis, Bela, Biebel, Benjamin, Sweeney, Jennifer, Choi, Junsung, Anaya, Daniel, Giuliano, Anna R, Hoffe, Sarah E

“…Viral associated (VA) malignancies have recently been correlated with improved outcomes. We sought to evaluate outcomes of patients with hepatocellular…”
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The Impact of BMI on Dosimetric Quality in Low Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy by Echevarria, Michelle I., MD, Naghavi, Arash O., MD, Abuodeh, Yazan A., MD, Chevere, Carlos M., MD, Yamoah, Kosj, MD, PhD

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169 Outcomes of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Re-Irradiation of Squamous Carcinomas of the Head and Neck by Echevarria, Michelle I, Yang, George Q, Chung, Christine H, Kirtane, Kedar, McMullen, Caitlin, Patel, Krupal, Padhya, Tapan, Caudell, Jimmy J

“…Stereotactic Radiation Therapy (SBRT) has been implemented for re-iradiation of recurrent or second primary cancers of the head and neck to improve the…”
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