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| Johnny KaoSummaryAffiliation: University of Chicago Country: USA Publications
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Reirradiation of recurrent and second primary head and neck malignancies: a comprehensive reviewJohnny Kao
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Cancer Treat Rev 29:21-30. 2003..The results of reirradiation in recurrent head and neck cancer and the prognostic factors predicting outcome in this patient population are reviewed...
Is there an association between multiple myeloma and prostate cancer?Johnny Kao
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, 5758 South Maryland Avenue, MC 9006, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Med Hypotheses 63:226-31. 2004....
Long-term outcome of concurrent chemotherapy and reirradiation for recurrent and second primary head-and-neck squamous cell carcinomaJoseph K Salama
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637-1470, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 64:382-91. 2006..Owing to the substantial toxicity and lack of an optimal regimen, reirradiation of recurrent head-and-neck cancer should be limited to clinical trials...
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy in advanced head and neck patients treated with intensive chemoradiotherapy: preliminary experience and future directionsMichael T Milano
Department of Cellular and Radiation Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Int J Oncol 28:1141-51. 2006..Building on the present clinical experience, future directions include more directed efforts at reducing toxicity, with better planning software and planning techniques...
Twice-daily reirradiation for recurrent and second primary head-and-neck cancer with gemcitabine, paclitaxel, and 5-fluorouracil chemotherapyMichael T Milano
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 9006, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 61:1096-106. 2005..5-Gy) radiotherapy delivered on alternating weeks (TFGX(2)) in locally advanced head-and-neck cancer. Here, we report the clinical outcome and late toxicity of TFGX(2) in a subset of patients previously irradiated to the head and neck...
Hormone therapy and radiotherapy for early prostate cancer: a utility-adjusted number needed to treat (NNT) analysisAshesh B Jani
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, 5758 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 9001, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 61:687-94. 2005....
Concomitant radiation therapy and paclitaxel for unresectable locally advanced breast cancer: results from two consecutive phase I/II trialsJohnny Kao
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago and Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 61:1045-53. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Concurrent WO/WO radiation therapy and paclitaxel +/- vinorelbine is effective locoregional therapy for ULABC with an acceptable toxicity profile. Further investigation of concurrent chemoradiotherapy in ULABC is warranted...
Postprostatectomy adjuvant versus salvage radiotherapy: a complication-adjusted number-needed-to-treat analysisAshesh B Jani
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Cancer 103:1833-42. 2005..The purpose of the current investigation was to systematically compare adjuvant versus salvage RT in a manner that incorporates both treatment efficacy and complications...
Hormone therapy adjuvant to external beam radiotherapy for locally advanced prostate carcinoma: a complication-adjusted number-needed-to-treat analysisAshesh B Jani
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Cancer 98:2351-61. 2003....
Does the number of lymph nodes examined in patients with lymph node-negative breast carcinoma have prognostic significance?Joseph K Salama
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Cancer 103:664-71. 2005..Therefore, the authors analyzed the impact of the number of tumor-free axillary lymph nodes on disease-free survival (DFS) in two distinct patient populations...
Adjuvant radiotherapy and survival for patients with node-positive head and neck cancer: an analysis by primary site and nodal stageJohnny Kao
Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71:362-70. 2008..The impact of RT on survival for various subgroups of node-positive HNSCC has not been clearly demonstrated...
Adjuvant radiotherapy improves overall survival for patients with lymph node-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinomaAmir Lavaf
Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Cancer 112:535-43. 2008..In the current study, the frequency and effect of adjuvant RT on overall survival was investigated in patients with resected lymph node-positive head and neck cancer...
(125)I monotherapy using D90 implant doses of 180 Gy or greaterJohnny Kao
Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 70:96-101. 2008..The purpose of this study was to characterize the oncologic results and toxicity profile of patients treated with (125)I implants using the dose delivered to 90% of the gland from the dose-volume histogram (D90) of greater than 144 Gy...
In response to Dr. Formenti et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005, 63:1275-1276)Johnny Kao
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 64:658. 2006
Effect of low dose-rate prostate brachytherapy on the sexual health of men with optimal sexual function before treatment: analysis at > or = 7 years of follow-upJamie A Cesaretti
Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
BJU Int 100:362-7. 2007..To evaluate the effect of low-dose rate prostate brachytherapy on the sexual health of men with > or = 7 years of prospective evaluation and optimum sexual function before treatment...
Correlation of positron emission tomography standard uptake value and pathologic specimen size in cancer of the head and neckRyan J Burri
Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71:682-8. 2008..To correlate positron emission tomography (PET) standard uptake value (SUV) with pathologic specimen size in patients with head-and-neck cancers...
