What is the best treatment for patients with human papillomavirus–positive and–negative oropharyngeal cancer?

D Urban, J Corry, D Rischin - Cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery that the human papilloma virus (HPV) is associated with a high and increasing
percentage of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) is among the most …

[HTML][HTML] Adjuvant osimertinib for resected EGFR-mutated stage IB-IIIA non–small-cell lung cancer: updated results from the phase III randomized adaura trial

…, M Domine, FA Shepherd, D Urban… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Clinical trials frequently include multiple end points that mature at different times. The initial
report, typically based on the primary end point, may be published when key planned co-…

[HTML][HTML] BRAF mutant lung cancer: programmed death ligand 1 expression, tumor mutational burden, microsatellite instability status, and response to immune check …

…, S Keren, N Popovits-Hadari, D Urban… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Urban has received grants and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche, MSD,
and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Dr. Mishaeli has received personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, …

Prognostic Significance of PD-L1+ and CD8+ Immune Cells in HPV+ Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

B Solomon, RJ Young, M Bressel, D Urban… - Cancer immunology …, 2018 - AACR
Human papilloma virus–positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPV + OPSCC)
represents a distinct subgroup of head and neck cancers associated with clinical outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of use of medical cannabis among Israeli cancer patients: a single institution experience

B Waissengrin, D Urban, Y Leshem, M Garty… - Journal of pain and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Context The use of the cannabis plant (Cannabis sativa L.) for the palliative treatment of
cancer patients has been legalized in multiple jurisdictions including Israel. Yet, not much is …

[HTML][HTML] Acute vascular events as a possibly related adverse event of immunotherapy: a single-institute retrospective study

…, A Taliansky, E Dudnik, K Shulman, D Urban… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Aim Immune-related toxicities of immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) require prompt
diagnosis and treatment. Atherosclerosis has an inflammatory component; we speculated this …

[HTML][HTML] Lymph node ratio may predict the benefit of postoperative radiotherapy in non–small-cell lung cancer

D Urban, J Bar, B Solomon, D Ball - Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
Introduction The use of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) after resection of non–small-cell
lung cancer (NSCLC) is controversial, with some evidence suggesting a benefit in patients …

The management of cancer pain in the elderly

D Urban, N Cherny, R Catane - Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2010 - Elsevier
Cancer pain in the elderly population is an increasingly common clinical situation which
physicians are challenged with managing. Physiological changes occur with ageing affecting …

Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab (Pembro) for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Updated report of a phase I study, MK3475-223.

J Bar, D Urban, E Ofek, A Ackerstein, I Redinsky… - 2019 - ascopubs.org
8534 Background: Resected NSCLC clinical stage I or II harbor a 5 year survival of only 30-50%.
Immunotherapy might be more effective in low-burden disease. We hypothesized that …

Real-world evidence for immunotherapy in the first line setting in small cell lung cancer

…, N Maixner, A Stemmer, A Lobachov, J Bar, D Urban - Lung Cancer, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Despite major progress over the past decade in the field of lung cancer care, only
mild advances have occurred in Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), with prognosis remaining …