Search Results - "Pezzi, Todd A."
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy, and Brachytherapy Boost Modalities in Invasive Cervical Cancer: A Study of the National Cancer Data Base
Published in International journal of gynecological cancer (01-03-2018)“…Our objective was to determine whether stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and brachytherapy boost techniques…”
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Spine stereotactic radiosurgery for metastatic thyroid cancer: a single-institution experience
Published in Journal of neurosurgery. Spine (01-06-2020)“…Patients with metastatic thyroid cancer have prolonged survival compared to those with other primary tumors. The spine is the most common site of osseous…”
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Rescue of Immunotherapy-Refractory Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma With Conventionally Fractionated Radiotherapy and Concurrent Pembrolizumab
Published in Frontiers in oncology (05-04-2019)“…Merkel cell carcinoma has historically had dismal prognosis with limited cytotoxic chemotherapy options that provide durable control of metastatic disease. The…”
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Characteristics, treatment, and survival of invasive malignant melanoma (MM) in giant pigmented nevi (GPN) in adults: 976 cases from the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB)
Published in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (01-06-2016)“…Background Malignant melanoma (MM) arising in a giant pigmented nevus (GPN) is a rare disease in adults with no large series published to our knowledge…”
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Atypical medullary carcinoma of the breast has similar prognostic factors and survival to typical medullary breast carcinoma: 3,976 cases from the National Cancer Data Base
Published in Journal of surgical oncology (01-10-2016)“…Backgrounds and Objectives Medullary breast carcinoma (MBC) is a subtype with a more favorable prognosis. Tumors with some, but not all, characteristics of MBC…”
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Evaluating single-institution resource costs of consolidative radiotherapy for oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer using time-driven activity-based costing
Published in Clinical and translational radiation oncology (01-07-2020)“…•Consolidative radiotherapy (RT) has been shown to improve overall survival in oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).•We quantified the costs of…”
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Addition of chemotherapy to local therapy in women aged 70 years or older with triple-negative breast cancer: a propensity-matched analysis
Published in The lancet oncology (01-12-2020)“…There is a scarcity of data exploring the benefits of adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer in older women. We aimed to…”
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Veterans Affairs Insurance Disparities for Metastatic Lung Cancer in the Hawaiian Islands
Published in JTO clinical and research reports (01-03-2020)“…The highest concentration of military personnel in the United States is located in Hawaii where occupational exposures, such as to asbestos in the Pacific…”
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Rationale for a Minimum Number of Lymph Nodes Removed with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Resection: Correlating the Number of Nodes Removed with Survival in 98,970 Patients
Published in Annals of surgical oncology (01-12-2016)“…Background The benefit of thoracic lymphadenectomy in the treatment of resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) continues to be debated. We hypothesized…”
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Radiation therapy dose is associated with improved survival for unresected anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: Outcomes from the National Cancer Data Base
Published in Cancer (01-05-2017)“…BACKGROUND The outcomes of patients with unresected anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) from the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) were assessed, and potential…”
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Rates of Overall Survival and Intracranial Control in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Era for Patients With Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer With and Without Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation
Published in JAMA network open (01-04-2020)“…Historical data suggest that there is an overall survival benefit associated with prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in patients with small cell lung…”
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Care Patterns for Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases
Published in Clinical lung cancer (01-03-2022)“…The historical standard of care for brain metastases (BMs) from small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has been whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT). However, there is…”
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Single Institution Experience of Proton and Photon-based Postoperative Radiation Therapy for Non–small-cell Lung Cancer
Published in Clinical lung cancer (01-09-2021)“…Postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) for non–small-cell lung cancer remains controversial with studies showing no overall survival (OS) benefit in the…”
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Chemotherapy Significantly Improves Survival for Patients with T1c-T2N0M0 Medullary Breast Cancer: 3739 Cases From the National Cancer Data Base
Published in Annals of surgical oncology (01-04-2017)“…Background Medullary breast cancer (MBC) is a rare tumor associated with a better prognosis compared with other breast cancers. The role of adjuvant…”
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Spine stereotactic radiosurgery for metastases from hepatobiliary malignancies: patient selection using PRISM scoring
Published in Journal of neuro-oncology (01-06-2020)“…Objective Dose escalation via stereotactic radiation therapy techniques has been necessary for hepatobiliary malignancies in the primary and oligometastatic…”
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Predictors of urinary toxicity with MRI-assisted radiosurgery for low-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy
Published in Brachytherapy (01-09-2020)“…MRI-assisted radiosurgery (MARS) is a modern technique for prostate brachytherapy that provides superior soft tissue contrast. The purpose of this analysis was…”
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Time-Driven, Activity-Based Cost Analysis of Radiation Treatment Options for Spinal Metastases
Published in JCO oncology practice (01-03-2020)“…Several treatment options for spinal metastases exist, including multiple radiation therapy (RT) techniques: three-dimensional (3D) conventional RT (3D-RT),…”
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Patterns and correlates of treatment failure in relation to isodose distribution in non-small cell lung cancer: An analysis of 1522 patients in the modern era
Published in Radiotherapy and oncology (01-11-2017)“…To examine the relationship between radiation dose and tumor control in limited stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We searched a database of 1552…”
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Evolving Practice Patterns in the Use of Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
Published in JAMA network open (02-08-2019)“…This survey study compares use of prophylactic cranial irradiation in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer before and after the publication of…”
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Radiation Therapy is Independently Associated with Worse Survival After R0-Resection for Stage I–II Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: An Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base
Published in Annals of surgical oncology (01-05-2017)“…Background The 1998 post-operative radiotherapy meta-analysis for lung cancer showed a survival detriment associated with radiation for stage I–II resected…”
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