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Comorbidity and Cancer

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Piccirillo JF, Tierney RM, Costas I, Grove L, Spitznagel EL. The Prognostic Importance Of Comorbidity In A Hospital-Based Cancer Registry JAMA. 2004;(291)2441-2447.


  1. Plante DM, Piccirillo JF, Sofferman RA. Decision Analysis of Treatment Options in Pyriform Sinus Carcinoma. Medical Decision Making. 1987; 7:74-83.
  2. Piccirillo JF, Wells CK, Sasaki CT, Feinstein AR. A New Clinical-Severity Staging System for Cancer of the Larynx. Five-Year Survival Rates.Ann Otol Rhino Laryngol. 1994; 103(2):83-92.
  3. Piccirillo JF. Purposes, Problems, and Proposals for Progress in Cancer Staging.Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1995; 121:145-149.
  4. Piccirillo JF. Inclusion of Comorbidity in a Staging System for Head and Neck Cancer. Oncology. 1995. 9(9):831-836.
  5. Kokoska MS, Piccirillo JF, Haughey BH. Gender Differences in Cancer of the Larynx. Ann Otol Rhino Laryngol. 1995; 104:419-424.
  6. Piccirillo JF, Feinstein AR. Clinical Symptoms and Comorbidity: Significance for the Prognostic Classification of Cancer. Cancer. 1996; 77:834-842.
  7. Deleyiannis FWB, Piccirillo JF, Kirchner JA. The Relative Prognostic Importance of Histologic Invasion of the Laryngeal Framework by Hypopharyngeal Cancer. Ann Otol Rhino Laryngol. 1996; 105(2):101-108.
  8. Pugliano FA, Piccirillo JF. The Importance of Comorbidity in Staging Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancer. Current Opinion Oto Head Neck Surg. 1996; 4:88-93.
  9. Kokoska M, Piccirillo JF, El-Mofty S, Emami B, Haughey BH, Scholnick S. Prognostic Significance of Clinical Factors and P53 Expression in Glottic Cancer Patients Treated with Radiation Therapy. Cancer. 1996. 78(8):1693-1700.
  10. Scholnick SB, Haughey BH, Sunwoo JB, El-Mofty SK, Baty JD, Piccirillo JF, Zequeira MR. Chromosome 8 Allelic Loss and the Outcome of Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Supraglottic Larynx. JNCI. 1996. 88(22):1676-1682.
  11. Pugliano FA, Piccirillo JF, Zequeira MR, Emami B, Perez CA, Simpson JR, Fredrickson JM. Clinical-severity Staging System for Oropharyngeal Cancer. Five-Year Survival Rates. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1997. 123:1118-1124.
  12. Scholnick SB, El-Mofty SK, Shaw ME, Sunwoo JB, Haughey BH, Sun PC, Piccirillo JF, Zequeira MR. Clinical Correlations with Allelotype in Supraglottic Squamous Cancer. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1998. 118:363-370
  13. Lacy PD, Piccirillo JF. Development of a New Staging System for Patients with Recurrent Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancer. 1998. 83(5): 910-917
  14. Pugliano FA, Piccirillo JF, Zequeira MR, Fredrickson JM, Perez CA, Simpson JR. Clinical-Severity Staging System for Oral Cavity Cancer: Five-year Survival Rates. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999. 120:38-45.
  15. Pugliano FA, Piccirillo JF, Zequeira MR, Fredrickson JM, Perez CA, Simpson JR. Symptoms as an Index of Biologic Behavior in Head and Neck Cancer. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999. 120:380-386.
  16. Piccirillo JF, Creech C, Zequeira R, Anderson S, Johnston AS. Inclusion of Comorbidity into Oncology Data Registries. J of Registry Management. 1999. 26:2 66-70. Download-Full Text PDF
  17. Lacy PD, Spitznagel EL, Piccirillo JF. Development of a New Staging System for Recurrent Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell carcinoma. Cancer. 1999; 86:1387-1395
  18. Lacy PD, Piccirillo JF, Merrit MG, Zequeira MR. Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Better to Be Young. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;122:253-258.
  19. Piccirillo JF, Importance of Comorbidity in Head and Neck Cancer. Laryngoscope. 2000;110:4:593-602.
  20. Piccirillo JF. Impact of Comorbidity and Symptoms on the Prognosis of Patients with Oral Carcinoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;126(9): 1086-1087.
  21. Johnston AJ, Piccirillo JF, Creech C, Littenberg B, Jeffe D, Spitznagel EL. Validation of a Comorbidity Education Program. J of Registry Management. 2001;28(3):125-131. Download-Full Text PDF
  22. Hathaway B, Johnson JT, Piccirillo JF,, Snyderman CH, Wagner RL, Labriola S, Myers EN. Chemoradiation for metastatic SCCA: Role of comorbidity.Laryngoscope. 2001;111:1893-1895.
  23. Piccirillo JF. The Impact of Comorbidity in Head and Neck Cancer. J of Registry Management. 2001;28(4):173-176. Download-Full Text PDF
  24. Battafarano RJ, Piccirillo JF, Meyers BF, Hsu HS, Guthrie TJ, Cooper JD, Patterson GA. Impact of Comorbidity on Survival After Surgical Resection in Patients with Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002;123(2):280-287.
  25. Patel U, Spitznagel E, Piccirillo J. Multivariate Analyses to Assess Treatment Effectiveness in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002; 128(5):497-503.
  26. Piccirillo JF, Lacy PD, Basu A, Spitznagel EL. Development of a New Head and Neck Cancer Specific Comorbidity Index. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002; 128:1172-1179.
  27. Patel U, Piccirillo JF. Assessment of Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer. Head and Neck Cancer. 2003; (29):433-444.
  28. Piccirillo JF, Costas I, Claybour P, Borah AJ, Grove L, Jeffe, D. The Measurement of Comorbidity by Cancer Registries. J of Registry Management. 2003;30(4):8-14. Download-Full Text PDF
  29. Piccirillo JF, Costas I, Grove, L. A Critical Appraisal of the Use of ICD-9-CM Codes to Classify Comorbidity and Complications. J of Registry Management. 2003;30:117-122.Download-Full Text PDF
  30. Piccirillo JF, Tierney RM, Costas I, Grove L, Spitznagel EL. The Prognostic Importance Of Comorbidity In A Hospital-Based Cancer Registry JAMA 2004;(291)2441-2447.

Outcomes Research

  1. Piccirillo JF. Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. A Research Training Plan. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1992; 100:25-26.
  2. Piccirillo JF, Feinstein AR. Black-Box Mathematics and Medical Practice. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1993; 119:147-155.
  3. Piccirillo JF. Outcomes Research in Clinical Practice. Insights in Otolaryngology. 1993; 8:1-8.
  4. Piccirillo JF. Outcomes Research and Otolaryngology. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1994; 111. 764-769
  5. Piccirillo JF. Outcomes Research and Quality of Care. Current Opinion Oto Head Neck 1994; 2:298-303.
  6. Piccirillo JF. The Use of Patient Satisfaction Data to Assess the Impact of Continuous Quality Improvement Efforts. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1996. 122:1045-1048.
  7. Piccirillo JF, Stewart MG, Gliklich RE, Yueh B. Outcomes research primer. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1997. 117:380-387.
  8. Piccirillo JF. Know Thy Surgeon: The Importance of Surgeon-Specific Information. JGIM. 1998. 13:58-59.
  9. Waddle JP, Evers AS, Piccirillo JF. Postanesthesia Care Unit Length of Stay: Quantifying and Assessing Dependent Factors. Anesth Analg. 1998. 87:628-633

Sleep Apnea

  1. Schectman KB, Sher AE, Piccirillo JF. Methodological and Statistical Problems in Sleep Apnea Research: The Literature on Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. Sleep. 1995; 18(8):659-666.
  2. Sher AE, Schectman KB, Piccirillo JF. The Efficacy of Surgical Modifications of the Upper Airway in Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Sleep. 1996; 19(2):156-177.
  3. Piccirillo JF, Gates GA, White DL, Schectman KB. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment Outcomes Pilot Study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1998. 118:833-844
  4. Piccirillo JF. Outcomes research and obstructive sleep apnea. Laryngoscope. 2000;110:3(Suppl. 94):16-20.
  5. Piccirillo JF, Duntley S, Schotland H: Contemp Updates - Obstructive Sleep Apnea. JAMA 2000;284:1492-1494.
  6. Piccirillo JF. More Information Needed About the Long-term Health Consequences of Mild to Moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001. 127:1400-1401.
  7. Salorio CF, White DA, Piccirillo JF, Duntley SP, Uhles ML. Learning, Memory, and Executive Control in Individuals with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Journal of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology 2002. 24(1):93-100.

Sinus

  1. Piccirillo JF, Edwards DE, Haiduk AM, Thawley SE. Psychometric and Clinimetric Validity of the 31-Item Rhinosinusitis Outcome Measure. Am J. Rhin. 1995. 9(6):297-306.
  2. Bhattacharyya T, Piccirillo JF, Wippold FJ. Relationship Between Patient-Based Descriptions of Sinusitis and Parnasal Sinus Computed Tomographic Findings. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1997. 123:1189-1192
  3. Piccirillo JF, Thawley SE, Haiduk A, Kramper M, Wallace M, Hartman JM. Indications for Sinus Surgery: How Appropriate Are the Guidelines? Laryngoscope. 1998. 108(3):332-338.
  4. Jones ML, Piccirillo JF, Haiduk AM, Thawley SE. Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Do Ratings of Appropriateness Predict Patient Outcomes? Am J. Rhin. 1998; 12(4):249-255
  5. Conde MV, Williams JW, Witsell DL, Piccirillo JF. Management of a 35-Year-Old Man with Acute Nasal and Sinus Complaints. JCOM. 1998. 5(37#41;:63-77
  6. Stewart MG, Sicard MW, Piccirillo JF, Diaz-Marchan PJ. Severity Staging in Chronic Sinusitis: Are CT Scan Findings Related to Patients' Symptoms? Am J. Rhin. 1999. 13:3. 161-167
  7. Piccirillo JF, Mager DE, Frisse ME, Brophy RH, Goggin A. Impact of First-Line vs. Second-Line Antibiotics for the Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Sinusitus. JAMA 2001;286:1849-1856.
  8. Piccirillo JF, Merritt MG Jr., Richards ML. Psychometric and Clinimetric Validity of the 20-Item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-20). Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002;126(1):41-47.
  9. Bothwell MR, Piccirillo JF, Lusk RP, Ridenour BD. Long-Term Outcome of Facial Growth After Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002;126(6):628-634.
  10. Lieu JEC, Piccirillo JF, Lusk RP. Prognostic Staging System and Therapeutic Effectiveness for Recurrent or Chronic Sinusitis in Children. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003;129(1):222-232.
  11. Lieu JEC, Piccirillo JF. Methodologic assessment of studies on endoscopic sinus surgery.Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003;129:1230-1235.

Miscellaneous

  1. Piccirillo JF, Parnes SM. Ciprofloxacin for the Treatment of Chronic Ear Disease. Laryngoscope. 1989; 99:510-513.
  2. Piccirillo JF, Parnes SM. Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma of the Middle Ear. Resident's Page. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1990; 116:360-363.
  3. Piccirillo JF, Lanza DC, Stasio EA, Moloy PJ. Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's Disease). Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1991; 117:958-961.
  4. Piccirillo JF. Otolarynyngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Update II. Book Review. Yale Biol Med. 1991; 64(4):419-420.
  5. Piccirillo JF, Painter C, Fuller D, Fredrickson JM. Multivariate Analysis of Objective Vocal Function. Ann Otol Rhino Laryngol. 1998. 107(2):107-112.
  6. Piccirillo JF, Painter C, Fuller D, Haiduk A, Fredrickson JM. Assessment of Two Objective Voice Function Indices. Ann Otol Rhino Laryngol. 1998. 107(5):396-400
  7. Valente M, Valente M, Piccirillo JF. Recent Fitting Strategies for Non-linear Amplification, Current Opinion Oto Head Neck 1999.7:296-301.
  8. Suskind DL, Park J, Piccirillo JF, Lusk RP, Muntz HR. Conscious Sedation: A New Approach for Peritonsillar Abscess Drainage in the Pediatric Population. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999;125: 1197-1200.
  9. Klein S, Piccirillo JF, Painter C: Comparative Contrast of Voice Measurements. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;123:164-169.
  10. Haughey BH, Wilson, E, Kluwe L, Piccirillo J, Fredrickson J, Sessions D, Spector G. Free Flap Reconstruction of the Head and Neck: Analysis of 241 cases. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001;125:10-17.
  11. Fina M, Skinner M, Goebel JA, Piccirillo JF, Neely JG. Vestibular Dysfunction After Cohlear Implantation. Otology and Neurotology. 2003;(24):234-242.
  12. Yueh B, Piccirillo JF. On Equivalence Trials and Alternative Medicine. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003;129:403-404.
  13. Kuk FK, Potts L, Valente M, Lee L, Piccirillo JF. Evidence of acclimazation in linear hearing aid users with a severe-to-profound hearing loss with nonlinear amplification use. J. Amer. Acad. of Audiology 2003;14:25-38.