Volume–outcome associations in head and neck cancer treatment: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

A Eskander, M Merdad, JC Irish, SF Hall… - Head & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Because of the relative rarity of head and neck malignancies and their complex
treatment, some groups have advocated for regionalized care. Studies comparing high‐ and …

Should the MCAT exam be used for medical school admissions in Canada?

A Eskander, M Shandling, MD Hanson - Academic Medicine, 2013 - journals.lww.com
In light of the structural and content changes to the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
to be implemented in 2015 and the recent diversity-and social-accountability-based …

[HTML][HTML] Prehabilitation in adult patients undergoing surgery: an umbrella review of systematic reviews

…, H Bittner, G Bryson, F Carli, A Eskander… - British journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The certainty that prehabilitation improves postoperative outcomes is not clear.
The objective of this umbrella review (ie systematic review of systematic reviews) was to …

Pattern of spread to the lateral neck in metastatic well-differentiated thyroid cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Eskander, M Merdad, JL Freeman, IJ Witterick - Thyroid, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Background: There remains controversy surrounding the extent of lateral neck dissection
required in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and suspicious or confirmed metastatic …

An international multi-institutional validation of age 55 years as a cutoff for risk stratification in the AJCC/UICC staging system for well-differentiated thyroid cancer

IJ Nixon, LY Wang, JC Migliacci, A Eskander… - Thyroid, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Background: Age is a critical factor in outcome for patients with well-differentiated thyroid
cancer. Currently, age 45 years is used as a cutoff in staging, although there is increasing …

Incident cancer detection during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Eskander, Q Li, J Yu, J Hallet, NG Coburn… - Journal of the National …, 2022 - jnccn.org
Background: Resource restrictions were established in many jurisdictions to maintain health
system capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Disrupted healthcare access likely …

Predictors of complications in patients receiving head and neck free flap reconstructive procedures

A Eskander, S Kang, B Tweel… - … –Head and Neck …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Antoine Eskander, analysis and interpretation of the data, drafting of work and revisions;
Stephen Kang, project conception, interpretation of data, revising manuscript; Ben Tweel, …

Volume‐outcome relationships for head and neck cancer surgery in a universal health care system

A Eskander, J Irish, PA Groome, J Freeman… - The …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives/Hypothesis We aimed to assess whether surgeon and/or institution resection
volume predicts long‐term overall survival in head and neck cancer in a publicly funded …

Survival from differentiated thyroid cancer: what has age got to do with it?

…, JC Migliacci, A Aniss, M Sywak, AE Eskander… - Thyroid, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Background: In most staging systems, 45 years of age is used to differentiate low risk thyroid
cancer from high risk thyroid cancer. However, recent studies have questioned both the …

Assessment of toxic effects and survival in treatment deescalation with radiotherapy vs transoral surgery for HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma …

…, E Tran, S Hamilton, J Wu, A Eskander… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The optimal approach for treatment deescalation in human papillomavirus (HPV)–related
oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (OPSCCs) is unknown. Objective To …