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Nikhil G Rao

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Rao N, Kumar A, Colon C, Goswami D
Cureus . 2020 May; 12(3):e7440. PMID: 32351820
Introduction We assessed whether portable photo-electrochemical oxidation (PECO) air purification in the pediatric hospital room setting could improve health outcomes for patients admitted with respiratory distress.  Methods We performed a...
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Rao N, Kumar A, Wong J, Shridhar R, Goswami D
Allergy Rhinol (Providence) . 2018 Jul; 9:2152656718781609. PMID: 29977658
Background: Photoelectrochemical oxidation (PECO) is a new air purification technology developed to reduce circulating indoor allergens. PECO removes particles as small as 0.1 nm with the destruction of organic matter...
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Keller A, Ismail R, Potrebko P, Pepe J, Wu M, Saigal K, et al.
Cureus . 2017 Feb; 8(12):e947. PMID: 28168125
Objective: Gamma Knife (GK) (Elekta Instruments, Stockholm, Sweden) radiosurgery is well established for treatment of brain metastases. There are limited data on patients treated with GK from gynecological cancers. The...
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Strom T, Carr M, Zager J, Naghavi A, Smith F, Cruse C, et al.
Ann Surg Oncol . 2016 Jun; 23(11):3572-3578. PMID: 27251134
Background: Following wide excision of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), postoperative radiation therapy (RT) is typically recommended. Controversy remains as to whether RT can be avoided in selected cases, such as...
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Frakes J, Strom T, Naghavi A, Trotti A, Rao N, McCaffrey J, et al.
J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol . 2015 Nov; 60(2):268-73. PMID: 26597431
Introduction: Mucosal melanoma of the head and neck is a rare disease with limited data available on outcomes; therefore, we reviewed our institutional experience. Methods: An institutional database was queried...
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Frakes J, Figura N, Ahmed K, Juan T, Patel N, Latifi K, et al.
J Neurosurg . 2015 Jul; 123(5):1261-7. PMID: 26140482
Object: Linear accelerator (LINAC)-based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a treatment option for patients with melanoma in whom brain metastases have developed. Very limited data are available on treating patients with...
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Strom T, Trotti A, Kish J, Russell J, Rao N, McCaffrey J, et al.
Oral Oncol . 2015 May; 51(7):704-8. PMID: 25936651
Background: Cisplatin dosed every 3 weeks (CIS) or weekly cetuximab (CTX) concurrent with radiotherapy are standards of care for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LAHNC). Retrospective comparisons...
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Han D, Han G, Zhao X, Rao N, Messina J, Marzban S, et al.
PLoS One . 2015 Mar; 10(3):e0119716. PMID: 25811671
Background And Objectives: Desmoplastic melanoma is a unique subtype of melanoma which typically affects older patients who often have comorbidities that can adversely affect survival. We sought to identify melanoma-specific...
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Ahmed K, Freilich J, Sloot S, Figura N, Gibney G, Weber J, et al.
J Neurooncol . 2014 Dec; 122(1):121-6. PMID: 25519302
While selective BRAF inhibitors have demonstrated improved outcomes in patients with metastatic BRAF V600E mutant melanoma, management of brain metastases prior to and during therapy presents challenges. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)...
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Ahmed K, Correa C, Dilling T, Rao N, Shridhar R, Trotti A, et al.
Semin Oncol . 2014 Dec; 41(6):730-50. PMID: 25499633
Conventionally fractionated radiotherapy is delivered in 1.8- to 2.0-Gy fractions. With increases in understanding of radiation and tumor biology, various alterations of radiotherapy schedules have been tested in clinical trials...