Publications by authors named "T V Whelan"
Objective: Racial disparities in organ allocation may result in differential survival for marginalized groups. This study aims to examine the impact of the November 2017 lung allocation policy change (LAPC) on trends and outcomes of Hispanic lung transplant (LT) recipients.
Methods: The United Network for Organ Sharing database was used to identify adult (older than age 18 years) LT recipients between January 2010 and March 2023.
Background And Purpose: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) carries potentially higher risks for ultracentral (UC) NSCLC with limited prospective data to guide decision making. We conducted a secondary analysis from a randomized trial of SBRT and conventionally hypofractionated radiation (CRT) to assess these risks.
Materials And Methods: Patients (n = 233) with medically inoperable stage I NSCLC were recruited from 2014 to 2020.
Article Synopsis
- The study was about a treatment for breast cancer that used a type of radiation called partial breast irradiation (PBI), which was given once a day for a week.
- They wanted to see if two different doses of radiation (30 Gy and 27.5 Gy) would have good effects on how patients' breasts looked two years later.
- The results showed that both doses had acceptable cosmetic outcomes, but they decided to use the lower dose (27.5 Gy) for the next phase of the trial.
Background: Relationships between low socioeconomic status and surgical outcomes are well established for certain procedures. However, scant literature has focused on relationships between median household income and lumbar fusion outcomes.
Methods: Patients who underwent fusion procedures between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2020 were identified from the National Inpatient Sample database.
Importance: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is widely used for stage I medically inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), yet varied results from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and concerns in treating centrally located tumors persist.
Objective: To examine whether SBRT would improve local control (LC) compared with hypofractionated conventional radiotherapy (CRT).
Design Setting And Participants: This phase 3 RCT was conducted in 16 Canadian centers.