Head & Neck Cancer Health Care Delivery Research Publications

Below are select peer-reviewed publications from our Head and Neck Cancer Health Care Delivery Research Team. Click on the hyperlinked title to download the PDF of the publication. Please contact Evan Graboyes (graboyes@musc.edu) for additional information about any of the publications.

• Graboyes EM, Sterba KR, Li H, Warren GW, Alberg AJ, Calhoun EA, Nussenbaum B, McCay J, Marsh CH, Osazuwa-Peters N, Neskey DM, Kaczmar JM, Sharma AK, Harper J, Day TA, Hughes-Halbert C. Development and Evaluation of a Navigation-Based, Multilevel Intervention to Improve the Delivery of Timely, Guideline-Adherent Adjuvant Therapy for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer. JCO Oncol Pract. 2021 Mar 10:OP2000943. doi: 10.1200/OP.20.00943. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33689399. PMCID: In Process.
• Fagan JJ, Noronha V, Graboyes EM. Making the Best of Limited Resources: Improving Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2021;41:1-11. doi: 10.1200/EDBK_320923. PMID: 33793315; PMCID: PMC8059263.
• Graboyes EM, Halbert CH, Li H, Warren GW, Alberg AJ, Calhoun EA, Nussenbaum B, Marsh CH, McCay J, Day TA, Kaczmar JM, Sharma AK, Neskey DM, Sterba KR. Barriers to the Delivery of Timely, Guideline-Adherent Adjuvant Therapy Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer. JCO Oncol Pract. 2020;16(12):e1417-e1432. PMID: 32853120; PMCID: PMC7735037.
• Levy D, Li H, Sterba KR, Hughes-Halbert C, Warren GW, Nussenbaum B, Alberg AJ, Day TA, Graboyes EM. Development and Validation of Nomograms for Predicting Delayed Postoperative Radiotherapy Initiation in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020;146(5):455-464. PMID: 32239201. PMCID: PMC7118672.
• Sineshaw HM, Ellis MA, Yabroff KR, Han X, Jemal A, Day TA, Graboyes EM. Association of Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act and Stage at Diagnosis and Time-to-Treatment Initiation in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020;146(3):247-255. PMID: 31944232. PMCID: PMC6990851.
• Graboyes EM, Hughes-Halbert C. Delivering Timely Head and Neck Cancer Care to an Underserved Urban Population: Better Late than Never, But Better Never Late is Better. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019;145 (11):1010-1011. PMID: 31513251. PMCID: PMC7065923.
• Graboyes EM, Kompelli AR, Neskey DM, Brennan E, Nguyen S, Sterba KR, Warren GW, Hughes-Halbert C, Nussenbaum B, Day TA. Association of Treatment Delays with Survival in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019;145(2):166-177. PMID: 30383146. PMCID: PMC6494704. Read accompanying invited commentary describing the impact of this article.
• Janz TA, Kim J, Hill EG, Sterba KR, Warren GW, Sharma AK, Day TA, Hughes-Halbert C, Graboyes EM. Association of Care Processes with Timely, Equitable Postoperative Radiotherapy in Patients with Surgically Treated Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018;144(12):1105-1114. PMID: 30347012. PMCID: PMC6472989. Read accompanying invited commentary describing the impact of this article.
• Graboyes EM, Ellis MA, Li H, Kaczmar JM, Sharma AK, Lentsch EJ, Day TA, and Hughes-Halbert C. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Travel for Head and Neck Cancer Treatment and the Impact of Travel Distance on Survival. Cancer. 2018;124(15):3181-91. PMID: 29932220. PMCID: PMC6097948.
• Graboyes EM, Garrett-Mayer E, Ellis MA,, Sharma AK, Lentsch EJ, Nussenbaum B, Day TA. Effect of Time to Initiation of Postoperative Radiation Therapy on Survival in Surgically-Managed Head and Neck Cancer. Cancer. 2017;123(24):4841-50. PMID: 28841234. PMCID: PMC5759768.
• Graboyes EM, Garrett-Mayer E, Sharma AK, Lentsch EJ, Day TA. Adherence to National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for time to initiation of postoperative radiation therapy for patients with head and neck cancer. Cancer. 2017;123(15):2651-60. PMID: 28241092.

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