Michael J Zelefsky

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1 Predicting the outcome of salvage radiation therapy for recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. J Clin Oncol 2007 5.23
2 Physician visits prior to treatment for clinically localized prostate cancer. Arch Intern Med 2010 4.11
3 Salvage radiotherapy for recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. JAMA 2004 4.10
4 High-dose, single-fraction image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy for metastatic spinal lesions. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2008 3.78
5 Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for nasopharynx cancer: update of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005 2.75
6 Focal therapy for localized prostate cancer: a critical appraisal of rationale and modalities. J Urol 2007 2.69
7 Long-term multi-institutional analysis of stage T1-T2 prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy in the PSA era. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2003 2.58
8 Metformin and prostate cancer: reduced development of castration-resistant disease and prostate cancer mortality. Eur Urol 2012 2.45
9 Ten-year outcomes of high-dose, intensity-modulated radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. Cancer 2010 2.42
10 Fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures: a review of radiation effects on patients' skin and hair. Radiology 2010 2.36
11 A new risk classification system for therapeutic decision making with intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients undergoing dose-escalated external-beam radiation therapy. Eur Urol 2013 2.33
12 Androgen receptor signaling regulates DNA repair in prostate cancers. Cancer Discov 2013 2.15
13 High-risk prostate cancer: from definition to contemporary management. Eur Urol 2012 2.06
14 American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for transrectal ultrasound-guided permanent prostate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy 2012 2.03
15 Concurrent cetuximab, cisplatin, and concomitant boost radiotherapy for locoregionally advanced, squamous cell head and neck cancer: a pilot phase II study of a new combined-modality paradigm. J Clin Oncol 2006 1.97
16 Salvage re-irradiation for recurrent head and neck cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007 1.91
17 Intensity-modulated radiation therapy: supportive data for prostate cancer. Semin Radiat Oncol 2008 1.91
18 PSA nadir predicts biochemical and distant failures after external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer: a multi-institutional analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005 1.83
19 Improved toxicity profile following high-dose postprostatectomy salvage radiation therapy with intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Eur Urol 2011 1.81
20 Correlation of osteoradionecrosis and dental events with dosimetric parameters in intensity-modulated radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011 1.80
21 Intensity-modulated radiotherapy in the treatment of oropharyngeal cancer: an update of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010 1.77
22 Customized dose prescription for permanent prostate brachytherapy: insights from a multicenter analysis of dosimetry outcomes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007 1.69
23 Endorectal MR imaging before salvage prostatectomy: tumor localization and staging. Radiology 2006 1.69
24 Long-term survival and toxicity in patients treated with high-dose intensity modulated radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012 1.68
25 Normalization of serum testosterone levels in patients treated with neoadjuvant hormonal therapy and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002 1.67
26 Increasing external beam dose for T1-T2 prostate cancer: effect on risk groups. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006 1.62
27 Patterns and predictors of amelioration of genitourinary toxicity after high-dose intensity-modulated radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer: implications for defining postradiotherapy urinary toxicity. Eur Urol 2013 1.60
28 Role of external beam radiotherapy in patients with advanced or recurrent nonanaplastic thyroid cancer: Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009 1.58
29 Adjuvant radiation for stage II-B soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity. J Clin Oncol 2002 1.58
30 Ultra-high dose (86.4 Gy) IMRT for localized prostate cancer: toxicity and biochemical outcomes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007 1.54
31 Predictors of biochemical outcome with salvage conformal radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2003 1.51
32 Single-fraction intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer: early cosmetic results. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007 1.50
33 Locally advanced prostate cancer: a population-based study of treatment patterns. BJU Int 2011 1.46
34 Double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor during postoperative radiotherapy for squamous head and neck cancer. Cancer J 2006 1.42
35 Less-restrictive, patient-specific radiation safety precautions can be safely prescribed after permanent seed implantation. Brachytherapy 2009 1.42
36 A comparison of intensity-modulated radiation therapy and concomitant boost radiotherapy in the setting of concurrent chemotherapy for locally advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006 1.39
37 Point: There is a need for supplemental XRT with brachytherapy in the treatment of intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients. Brachytherapy 2013 1.38
38 A multi-institutional matched-control analysis of adjuvant and salvage postoperative radiation therapy for pT3-4N0 prostate cancer. Urology 2008 1.32
39 Predictive factors for late genitourinary and gastrointestinal toxicity in patients with prostate cancer treated with adjuvant or salvage radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007 1.32
40 Clinically significant prostate cancer local recurrence after radiation therapy occurs at the site of primary tumor: magnetic resonance imaging and step-section pathology evidence. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007 1.31
41 Treatment of nasal cavity and paranasal sinus cancer with modern radiotherapy techniques in the postoperative setting--the MSKCC experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006 1.29
42 American Cancer Society prostate cancer survivorship care guidelines. CA Cancer J Clin 2014 1.29
43 Improved biochemical outcomes with statin use in patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010 1.28
44 Pretreatment nomogram that predicts 5-year probability of metastasis following three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2003 1.27
45 Comparison of biochemical failure definitions for permanent prostate brachytherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006 1.27
46 Hypofractionated dose-painting intensity modulated radiation therapy with chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a prospective trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010 1.25
47 Definitions of biochemical failure that best predict clinical failure in patients with prostate cancer treated with external beam radiation alone: a multi-institutional pooled analysis. J Urol 2005 1.23
48 Is there a difference in outcome between stage I-II endometrial cancer of papillary serous/clear cell and endometrioid FIGO Grade 3 cancer? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002 1.21
49 Intensity-modulated radiation therapy in oropharyngeal carcinoma: effect of tumor volume on clinical outcomes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011 1.17
50 Unresectable carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses: outcomes and toxicities. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2008 1.15
51 Incremental value of diffusion weighted and dynamic contrast enhanced MRI in the detection of locally recurrent prostate cancer after radiation treatment: preliminary results. Eur Radiol 2011 1.13
52 Predictors of local control after single-dose stereotactic image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy for extracranial metastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010 1.13
53 Whole pelvic radiotherapy for prostate cancer using 3D conformal and intensity-modulated radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005 1.12
54 Multicenter analysis of effect of high biologic effective dose on biochemical failure and survival outcomes in patients with Gleason score 7-10 prostate cancer treated with permanent prostate brachytherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2008 1.11
55 Comparison of high-dose (86.4 Gy) IMRT vs combined brachytherapy plus IMRT for intermediate-risk prostate cancer. BJU Int 2014 1.10
56 Comparison of PSA relapse-free survival in patients treated with ultra-high-dose IMRT versus combination HDR brachytherapy and IMRT. Brachytherapy 2010 1.09
57 Intensity-modulated radiotherapy. Cancer J 2002 1.07
58 Long-term outcomes after high-dose postprostatectomy salvage radiation treatment. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012 1.06
59 A measure of health-related quality of life among patients with localized prostate cancer: results from ongoing scale development. Clin Prostate Cancer 2005 1.04
60 Favorable clinical outcomes of three-dimensional computer-optimized high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy in the management of localized prostate cancer. Brachytherapy 2006 1.04
61 Short-term androgen-deprivation therapy improves prostate cancer-specific mortality in intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients undergoing dose-escalated external beam radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012 1.02
62 Technological advances in external-beam radiation therapy for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. Semin Oncol 2003 1.00
63 Risk group dependence of dose-response for biopsy outcome after three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy of prostate cancer. Radiother Oncol 2002 1.00
64 New treatments for localized prostate cancer. Urology 2008 0.98
65 Multiparametric prostate MR imaging with T2-weighted, diffusion-weighted, and dynamic contrast-enhanced sequences: are all pulse sequences necessary to detect locally recurrent prostate cancer after radiation therapy? Radiology 2013 0.97
66 Long-term regional control in the observed neck following definitive chemoradiation for node-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer. Int J Cancer 2013 0.96
67 Critical organ dosimetry in permanent seed prostate brachytherapy: defining the organs at risk. Brachytherapy 2005 0.96
68 Impact of intraoperative edema during transperineal permanent prostate brachytherapy on computer-optimized and preimplant planning techniques. Am J Clin Oncol 2003 0.96
69 Adjuvant brachytherapy for primary high-grade soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity. Ann Surg Oncol 2002 0.96
70 Biochemical and clinical significance of the posttreatment prostate-specific antigen bounce for prostate cancer patients treated with external beam radiation therapy alone: a multiinstitutional pooled analysis. Cancer 2006 0.95
71 Low rate of thoracic toxicity in palliative paraspinal single-fraction stereotactic body radiation therapy. Radiother Oncol 2009 0.95
72 Who enrolls onto clinical oncology trials? A radiation Patterns Of Care Study analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007 0.94
73 Short-term androgen deprivation therapy for patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer undergoing dose-escalated radiotherapy: the standard of care? Lancet Oncol 2012 0.93
74 Conventional treatments of localized prostate cancer. Urology 2008 0.92
75 Radiotherapy after surgical resection for head and neck mucosal melanoma. Am J Clin Oncol 2010 0.92
76 Predicting post-external beam radiation therapy PSA relapse of prostate cancer using pretreatment MRI. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010 0.90
77 Tolerance of tissue transfers to adjuvant radiation therapy in primary soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2003 0.90
78 Clinical nodal stage is an independently significant predictor of distant failure in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. Ann Surg 2003 0.90
79 Postoperative nomogram predicting the 9-year probability of prostate cancer recurrence after permanent prostate brachytherapy using radiation dose as a prognostic variable. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009 0.90
80 Clinical and pathologic prognostic features in acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland. Cancer 2009 0.89
81 Variation in adherence to external beam radiotherapy quality measures among elderly men with localized prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007 0.89
82 Postoperative intensity-modulated radiation therapy for cancers of the paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity, and lacrimal glands: technique, early outcomes, and toxicity. Head Neck 2008 0.88
83 Assessment of radiation safety instructions to patients based on measured dose rates following prostate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy 2004 0.88
84 Clinical outcomes of high-dose-rate brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy in the management of clinically localized prostate cancer. Brachytherapy 2012 0.88
85 A comparative dosimetric analysis of virtual stereotactic body radiotherapy to high-dose-rate monotherapy for intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Brachytherapy 2013 0.87
86 Intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer of unknown primary: toxicity and preliminary efficacy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007 0.87
87 Prostate Cancer: assessing the effects of androgen-deprivation therapy using quantitative diffusion-weighted and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI. Eur Radiol 2015 0.87
88 Nadir prostate-specific antigen within 12 months after radiotherapy predicts biochemical and distant failure. Urology 2006 0.86
89 Report from the Radiation Therapy Committee of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG): Research Objectives Workshop 2008. Clin Cancer Res 2009 0.86
90 High-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy in recurrent and previously irradiated head and neck cancers--preliminary results. Brachytherapy 2007 0.84
91 The 1999 patterns of care study of radiotherapy in localized prostate carcinoma: a comprehensive survey of prostate brachytherapy in the United States. Cancer 2003 0.83
92 Development of a semi-automatic alignment tool for accelerated localization of the prostate. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2003 0.82
93 Long-term neck control rates after complete response to chemoradiation in patients with advanced head and neck cancer. Am J Clin Oncol 2008 0.81
94 A comparison of the impact of isotope ((125)I vs. (103)Pd) on toxicity and biochemical outcome after interstitial brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer. Brachytherapy 2011 0.81
95 Dosimetric and anatomic indicators of late rectal toxicity after high-dose intensity modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Med Phys 2008 0.81
96 Using QRRO survey data to assess compliance with quality indicators for breast and prostate cancer. J Am Coll Radiol 2009 0.81
97 How to select the optimal therapy for early-stage prostate cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2012 0.81
98 Endoluminal high-dose-rate brachytherapy for early stage and recurrent esophageal cancer in medically inoperable patients. Brachytherapy 2013 0.80
99 What is the role of androgen deprivation therapy in the treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer? Nat Clin Pract Urol 2008 0.80
100 A pilot trial of high-dose-rate intraoperative radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Brachytherapy 2005 0.79
101 Pretreatment endorectal coil magnetic resonance imaging findings predict biochemical tumor control in prostate cancer patients treated with combination brachytherapy and external-beam radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012 0.79
102 Prognostic importance of Gleason 7 disease among patients treated with external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer: results of a detailed biopsy core analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012 0.79
103 Intraoperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy using dose painting technique: evaluation of safety and preliminary clinical outcomes. Brachytherapy 2012 0.79
104 High-dose-rate intraoperative radiation therapy for recurrent head-and-neck cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009 0.79
105 Location and number of positive surgical margins as prognostic factors of biochemical recurrence after salvage radiation therapy after radical prostatectomy. BJU Int 2010 0.78
106 Methodology for biologically-based treatment planning for combined low-dose-rate (permanent implant) and high-dose-rate (fractionated) treatment of prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005 0.78
107 The Anderson nomograms for permanent interstitial prostate implants: a briefing for practitioners. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002 0.78
108 Regarding the focal treatment of prostate cancer: inference of the Gleason grade from magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2008 0.77
109 How to select the optimal therapy for early-stage prostate cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2011 0.77
110 Comparing contemporary surgery to external-beam radiotherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2002 0.77
111 High-dose-rate intraoperative brachytherapy and radical surgical resection in the management of recurrent head-and-neck cancer. Brachytherapy 2013 0.77
112 Long-Term Survival After High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy for Locally Advanced or Recurrent Colorectal Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2015 0.77
113 Predictors of castration-resistant prostate cancer after dose-escalated external beam radiotherapy. Prostate 2014 0.77
114 A study of the effects of internal organ motion on dose escalation in conformal prostate treatments. Radiother Oncol 2003 0.76
115 The significance of the amount of myometrial invasion in patients with Stage IB endometrial carcinoma. Cancer 2002 0.76
116 Five-year outcomes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and conformal radiotherapy in patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer. Urology 2004 0.76
117 MRI findings of radiation-induced changes in the urethra and periurethral tissues after treatment for prostate cancer. Eur J Radiol 2013 0.76
118 Brachytherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer: optimal patient selection. Arch Esp Urol 2011 0.76
119 Brachytherapy and MRI: seeing what we are missing. Brachytherapy 2013 0.75
120 Reply to Leah Bensimon, Samy Suissa, and Laurent Azoulay's letter to the editor re: Daniel E. Spratt, Chi Zhang, Zachary S. Zumsteg, Xin Pei, Zhigang Zhang, Michael J. Zelefsky. metformin and prostate cancer: reduced development of castration-resistant disease and prostate cancer mortality. Eur Urol 2013;63:709-16. Eur Urol 2013 0.75
121 Rebuttal to Dr. Stone. Brachytherapy 2013 0.75
122 Prostate cancer: challenges in selecting the optimal therapy. Nat Rev Urol 2012 0.75
123 Utility of FDG-PET in clinical neuroendocrine prostate cancer. Prostate 2014 0.75
124 Improved survival with surgery in prostate cancer patients without medical comorbidity: a self-fulfilling prophecy? Eur Urol 2013 0.75
125 Which patients with prostate cancer benefit from immediate postoperative radiotherapy? Nat Clin Pract Oncol 2008 0.75
126 The role of external beam in brachytherapy. Future Oncol 2007 0.75
127 Intraoperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy for pediatric solid tumors: a 10-year experience. Brachytherapy 2003 0.75
128 The current state of brachytherapy nomograms for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer. Cancer 2009 0.75
129 Favourable long-term outcomes with brachytherapy-based regimens in men ≤60 years with clinically localized prostate cancer. BJU Int 2013 0.75
130 TALK score: Development and validation of a prognostic model for predicting larynx preservation outcome. Laryngoscope 2012 0.75
131 Perspectives for 2012 from the editor-in-chief. Brachytherapy 2012 0.75
132 Time trends in organ position and volume in patients receiving prostate three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol 2002 0.75