Ryan P. Goepfert, MD, FACS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Zhao X, Wang JR, Dadu R, Busaidy NL, Xu L, Learned KO, Chasen NN, Vu T, Maniakas A, Eguia AA, Diersing J, Gross ND, Goepfert R, Lai SY, Hofmann MC, Ferrarotto R, Lu C, Gunn GB, Spiotto MT, Subbiah V, Williams MD, Cabanillas ME, Zafereo ME. Surgery After BRAF-Directed Therapy Is Associated with Improved Survival in BRAFV600E Mutant Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Thyroid 33(4):484-491, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36762947.
2. Contrera KJ, Tam S, Pytynia K, Diaz EM, Hessel AC, Goepfert RP, Lango M, Su SY, Myers JN, Weber RS, Eguia A, Pisters PWT, Adair DK, Nair AS, Rosenthal DI, Mayo L, Chronowski GM, Zafereo ME, Shah SJ. Impact of Cancer Care Regionalization on Patient Volume. Ann Surg Oncol 30(4):2331-2338, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36581726.
3. Goldfarb JA, Ferrarotto R, Gross N, Goepfert R, Debnam JM, Gunn B, Nagarajan P, Esmaeli B. Immune checkpoint inhibitors for treatment of periorbital squamous cell carcinoma. Br J Ophthalmol 107(3):320-323, 2023. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34625433.
4. Shenson JA, Zafereo ME, Lee M, Contrera KJ, Feng L, Boonsripitayanon M, Gross N, Goepfert R, Maniakas A, Wang JR, Grubbs L, Vaporciyan A, Hofstetter W, Swisher S, Mehran R, Rice D, Sepesi B, Antonoff M, Cabanillas M, Busaidy N, Dadu R, Silver NL. Clinical outcomes of combined cervical and transthoracic surgical approaches in patients with advanced thyroid cancer. Head Neck 45(3):547-554, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36524701.
5. Hemmati M, Barbon C, Mohamed ASR, van Dijk LV, Moreno AC, Gross ND, Goepfert RP, Lai SY, Hutcheson KA, Schaefer AJ, Fuller CD, MD Anderson Head and Neck Cancer Symptom Working Group. Optimized decision support for selection of transoral robotic surgery or (chemo)radiation therapy based on posttreatment swallowing toxicity. Cancer Med 12(4):5088-5098, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36229990.
6. Aggarwal P, Nader ME, Gidley PW, Pratihar R, Jivani S, Garden AS, Mott FE, Goepfert RP, Ogboe CW, Charles C, Fuller CD, Lai SY, Gunn GB, Sturgis EM, Hanna EY, Hutcheson KA, Shete S. Association of hearing loss and tinnitus symptoms with health-related quality of life among long-term oropharyngeal cancer survivors. Cancer Med 12(1):569-583, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35695117.
7. Fitzgerald CWR, Davies JC, de Almeida JR, Rich JT, Orsini M, Eskander A, Monteiro E, Mimica X, Mclean T, Cracchiolo JR, Ganly I, Hessel A, Tam S, Wei D, Goepfert R, Su J, Xu W, Zafereo M, Goldstein DP, Cohen MA. Factors predicting pharyngocutaneous fistula in patients after salvage laryngectomy for laryngeal malignancy - A multicenter collaborative cohort study. Oral Oncol 134:106089, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36057225.
8. Amaria RN, Postow M, Burton EM, Tetzlaff MT, Ross MI, Torres-Cabala C, Glitza IC, Duan F, Milton DR, Busam K, Simpson L, McQuade JL, Wong MK, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Goepfert RP, Keung EZ, Fisher SB, Betof-Warner A, Shoushtari AN, Callahan M, Coit D, Bartlett EK, Bello D, Momtaz P, Nicholas C, Gu A, Zhang X, Korivi BR, Patnana M, Patel SP, Diab A, Lucci A, Prieto VG, Davies MA, Allison JP, Sharma P, Wargo JA, Ariyan C, Tawbi HA. Neoadjuvant relatlimab and nivolumab in resectable melanoma. Nature 611(7934):155-160, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36289334.
9. Barbon CEA, Yao CMK, Peterson CB, Moreno AC, Goepfert RP, Johnson FM, Chronowski GM, Fuller CD, Gross ND, Hutcheson KA. Swallowing After Primary TORS and Unilateral or Bilateral Radiation for Low- to Intermediate-Risk Tonsil Cancer. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 167(3):1945998211059967, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34784256.
10. Ravi V, Subramaniam A, Zheng J, Amini B, Trinh VA, Joseph J, Mennel RG, Bishop AJ, Sturgis EM, Goepfert RP, Yalamanchili S, Botello G, Stephen B, Piha-Paul SA, Patel AB, Lazar AJ, Conley AP, Benjamin RS, Patel SR, Futreal PA, Somaiah N, Naing A. Clinical activity of checkpoint inhibitors in angiosarcoma: A retrospective cohort study. Cancer 128(18):3383-3391, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35792683.
11. Taku N, Chronowski G, Brandon Gunn G, Morrison WH, Gross ND, Moreno AC, Ferrarotto R, Frank SJ, Fuller CD, Goepfert RP, Phan J, Lai SY, Reddy JP, Rosenthal DI, Garden AS. Unilateral Radiotherapy for Tonsillar Cancer: Treatment Outcomes in the Era of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), Positron-emission Tomography (PET) and Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 113(5):1054-1062, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35504500.
12. Kamal M, Baudo M, Shmushkevich S, Geng Y, Hanna E, Goepfert RP, Lewis CM, Rahouma M. COVID-19 infection and its consequences among surgical oncology patients: A systematic analysis, meta-analysis and meta-regression. J Surg Oncol 125(5):813-823, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35014703.
13. Aggarwal P, Hutcheson KA, Goepfert RP, Garden AS, Garg N, Mott FE, Fuller CD, Lai SY, Gunn GB, Chambers MS, Hanna EY, Sturgis EM, Shete S. Risk factors associated with patient-reported fatigue among long-term oropharyngeal carcinoma survivors. Head Neck 44(4):952-963, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35084077.
14. Aggarwal P, Hutcheson KA, Yu R, Wang J, Fuller CD, Garden AS, Goepfert RP, Rigert J, Mott FE, Lu C, Lai SY, Gunn GB, Chambers MS, Li G, Wu CC, Hanna EY, Sturgis EM, Shete S. Genetic susceptibility to patient-reported xerostomia among long-term oropharyngeal cancer survivors. Sci Rep 12(1):6662, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35459784.
15. Davies JC, Hugh S, Rich JT, de Almeida JR, Gullane PJ, Orsini M, Eskander A, Monteiro E, Mimica X, McGill M, Cohen MA, Cracchiolo JR, Teaima A, Tam S, Wei D, Goepfert R, Zafereo M, Su J, Xu W, Goldstein DP. Association of Pharyngocutaneous Fistula With Cancer Outcomes in Patients After Laryngectomy: A Multicenter Collaborative Cohort Study. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 147(12):1027-1034, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34323968.
16. Amit M, Liu C, Mansour J, Gleber-Netto FO, Tam S, Baruch EN, Aashiq M, El-Naggar AK, Moreno AC, Rosenthal DI, Glisson BS, Ferrarotto R, Wong MK, Tsai K, Flores ER, Migden MR, Silverman DA, Li G, Khanna A, Goepfert RP, Nagarajan P, Weber RS, Myers JN, Gross ND. Elective neck dissection versus observation in patients with head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer 127(23):4413-4420, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34358340.
17. Aggarwal P, Hutcheson KA, Garden AS, Mott FE, Lu C, Goepfert RP, Fuller CD, Lai SY, Gunn GB, Chambers MS, Sturgis EM, Hanna EY, Shete S. Determinants of patient-reported xerostomia among long-term oropharyngeal cancer survivors. Cancer 127(23):4470-4480, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34358341.
18. Barbon CEA, Yao CMKL, Alvarez CP, Goepfert RP, Fuller CD, Lai SY, Gross ND, Hutcheson KA. Dysphagia profiles after primary transoral robotic surgery or radiation for oropharyngeal cancer: A registry analysis. Head Neck 43(10):2883-2895, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34080249.
19. Ferrarotto R, Amit M, Nagarajan P, Rubin ML, Yuan Y, Bell D, El-Naggar AK, Johnson JM, Morrison WH, Rosenthal DI, Glisson BS, Johnson FM, Lu C, Mott FE, Esmaeli B, Diaz EM, Gidley PW, Goepfert RP, Lewis CM, Weber RS, Wargo JA, Basu S, Duan F, Yadav SS, Sharma P, Allison JP, Myers JN, Gross ND. Pilot Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy in Locoregionally Advanced, Resectable Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. Clin Cancer Res 27(16):4557-4565, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34187851.
20. Mitra D, Ologun G, Keung EZ, Goepfert RP, Amaria RN, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Lucci A, Fisher SB, Davies MA, Lee JE, Bishop AJ, Farooqi AS, Wargo J, Guadagnolo BA. Nodal Recurrence is a Primary Driver of Early Relapse for Patients with Sentinel Lymph Node-Positive Melanoma in the Modern Therapeutic Era. Ann Surg Oncol 28(7):3480-3489, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33856603.
21. Aggarwal P, Hutcheson KA, Garden AS, Mott FE, Goepfert RP, Duvall A, Fuller CD, Lai SY, Gunn GB, Sturgis EM, Hanna EY, Shete S. Association of Risk Factors With Patient-Reported Voice and Speech Symptoms Among Long-term Survivors of Oropharyngeal Cancer. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 147(7):615-623, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33956062.
22. Aggarwal P, Goepfert RP, Garden AS, Garg N, Zaveri JS, Du XL, Swartz MD, Lai SY, Fuller CD, Ferrarotto R, Sturgis EM, Piller LB, Hutcheson KA. Risk and Clinical Risk Factors Associated With Late Lower Cranial Neuropathy in Long-term Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Survivors. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 147(5):469-478, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33538759.
23. Amit M, Liu C, Gleber-Netto FO, Kini S, Tam S, Benov A, Aashiq M, El-Naggar AK, Moreno AC, Rosenthal DI, Glisson BS, Ferrarotto R, Wong MK, Migden MR, Baruch EN, Li G, Khanna A, Goepfert RP, Nagarajan P, Weber RS, Myers JN, Gross ND. Inclusion of extranodal extension in the lymph node classification of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Cancer 127(8):1238-1245, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33320343.
24. Christopherson KM, Moreno AC, Elgohari B, Gross N, Ferrarotto R, Mohamed ASR, Brandon Gunn G, Goepfert RP, Mott FE, Shah SJ, David Fuller C, Reddy JP, Frank SJ, Morrison WH, Phan J, Rosenthal DI, Garden AS. Outcomes after salvage for HPV-positive recurrent oropharyngeal cancer treated with primary radiation. Oral Oncol 113:105125, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33360375.
25. Amit M, Liu C, Netto Gleber FO, Kini S, Tam S, Benov A, Aashiq M, El-Naggar AK, Moreno AC, Rosenthal DI, Glisson BS, Ferrarotto R, Wong MK, Migden MR, Li G, Khanna A, Goepfert RP, Nagarajan P, Weber RS, Myers JN, Gross ND. Integrating depth of invasion in T classification improves the prognostic performance of the American Joint Committee on Cancer primary tumor staging system for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Eur J Cancer 144:169-177, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33352413.
26. Pundole X, Jones AL, Tetzlaff MT, Williams MD, Murphy WA, Otun A, Goepfert RP, Davies MA. Osteonecrosis of the jaw induced by treatment with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy: a case report. Immunotherapy 12(17):1213-1219, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32900256.
27. Boukovalas S, Goepfert RP, Smith JM, Mecham E, Liu J, Zafereo ME, Chang EI, Hessel AC, Hanasono MM, Gross ND, Yu P, Lewin JS, Lewis CM, Diaz EM, Weber RS, Myers JN, Offodile AC. Association between postoperative complications and long-term oncologic outcomes following total laryngectomy: 10-year experience at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Cancer 126(22):4905-4916, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32931057.
28. Goepfert RP, Myers JN, Gershenwald JE. Updates in the evidence-based management of cutaneous melanoma. Head Neck 42(11):3396-3404, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33463835.
29. Stieb S, Perez-Martinez I, Mohamed ASR, Rock S, Bajaj N, Deshpande TS, Zaid M, Garden AS, Goepfert RP, Cardoso R, Ferrarotto R, Reddy JP, Phan J, Morrison WH, Rosenthal DI, Koay EJ, Frank SJ, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, MD Anderson Head and Neck Cancer Symptom Working Group. The impact of tongue-deviating and tongue-depressing oral stents on long-term radiation-associated symptoms in oropharyngeal cancer survivors. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 24:71-78, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32642562.
30. Maniakas A, Dadu R, Busaidy NL, Wang JR, Ferrarotto R, Lu C, Williams MD, Gunn GB, Hofmann MC, Cote G, Sperling J, Gross ND, Sturgis EM, Goepfert RP, Lai SY, Cabanillas ME, Zafereo M. Evaluation of Overall Survival in Patients With Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma, 2000-2019. JAMA Oncol 6(9):1397-1404, 2020. PMID: 32761153.
31. Townes TG, Navuluri S, Pytynia KB, Gunn GB, Kamal MJ, Gilmore KR, Chapman PH, Bell KV, Fournier DM, Janik MA, Joseph LM, Zendehdel S, Hutcheson KA, Goepfert RP. Assessing Patient-Reported Symptom Burden of Long-Term Head and Neck Cancer Survivors at Annual Surveillance in Survivorship Clinic. Head Neck 42(8):1919-1927, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32112621.
32. Ferrarotto R, Bell D, Rubin ML, Hutcheson KA, Johnson JM, Goepfert RP, Phan J, Elamin YY, Torman DK, Warneke CL, Hessel AC, Garden AS, Myers JN, Johnson FM, Lee JJ, Sikora AG, Gillison ML, Glisson BS, Gross ND. Impact of neoadjuvant durvalumab with or without tremelimumab on CD8+ tumor lymphocyte density, safety, and efficacy in patients with oropharynx cancer: CIAO trial. Clin Cancer Res 26(13):3211-3219, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32269052.
33. MD Anderson Head and Neck Surgery Treatment Guidelines Consortium, Consortium members, Maniakas A, Jozaghi Y, Zafereo ME, Sturgis EM, Su SY, Gillenwater AM, Gidley PW, Lewis CM, Diaz E, Goepfert RP, Kupferman ME, Gross ND, Hessel AC, Pytynia KB, Nader ME, Wang JR, Lango MN, Kiong KL, Guo T, Zhao X, Yao CMKL, Appelbaum E, Alpard J, Garcia JA, Terry S, Flynn JE, Bauer S, Fournier D, Burgess CG, Wideman C, Johnston M, You C, De Luna R, Joseph L, Diersing J, Prescott K, Heiberger K, Mugartegui L, Rodriguez J, Zendehdel S, Sellers J, Friddell RA, Thomas A, Khanjae SJ, Schwarzlose KB, Chambers MS, Hofstede TM, Cardoso RC, Wesson RA, Won A, Otun AO, Gombos DS, Al-Zubidi N, Hutcheson KA, Gunn GB, Rosenthal DI, Gillison ML, Ferrarotto R, Weber RS, Hanna EY, Myers JN, Lai SY. Head and neck surgical oncology in the time of a pandemic: Subsite-specific triage guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Head Neck 42(6):1194-1201, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32342541.
34. Jozaghi Y, Zafereo ME, Perrier ND, Wang JR, Grubbs E, Gross ND, Fisher S, Sturgis EM, Goepfert RP, Lai SY, Best C, Busaidy NL, Cabanillas ME, Dadu R, Gagel RF, Habra MA, Hu MI, Jimenez C, Sherman SI, Thosani S, Varghese J, Waguespack SG, Weitzman S, Ying AK, Graham PH. Endocrine surgery in the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: Surgical Triage Guidelines. Head Neck 42(6):1325-1328, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32437031.
35. Stieb S, Mohamed ASR, Deshpande TS, Harp J, Greiner B, Garden AS, Goepfert RP, Cardoso R, Ferrarotto R, Phan J, Reddy JP, Morrison WH, Rosenthal DI, Frank SJ, Fuller CD, Brandon Gunn G, MD Anderson Head and Neck Cancer Symptom Working Group. Prospective observational evaluation of radiation-induced late taste impairment kinetics in oropharyngeal cancer patients: Potential for improvement over time?. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 22:98-105, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32373720.
36. Bell D, Ferrarotto R, Liang L, Goepfert RP, Li J, Ning J, Broaddus R, Weber RS, El-Naggar AK. Pan-Trk Immunohistochemistry Reliably Identifies ETV6-NTRK3 Fusion in Secretory Carcinoma of the Salivary Gland. Virchows Arch 476(2):295-305, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31423558.
37. Esmaeli B, Rubin ML, Xu S, Goepfert RP, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Ning J, Tetzlaff MT. Greater Tumor Thickness, Ulceration, and Positive Sentinel Lymph Node Are Associated With Worse Prognosis in Patients With Conjunctival Melanoma: Implications for Future AJCC Classifications. Am J Surg Pathol 43(12):1701-1710, 2019. PMID: 31425167.
38. Aggarwal P, Zaveri JS, Goepfert RP, Shi Q, Du XL, Swartz M, Lai SY, Fuller CD, Lewin JS, Piller LB, Hutcheson KA. Swallowing-related outcomes associated with late lower cranial neuropathy in long-term oropharyngeal cancer survivors: cross-sectional survey analysis. Head Neck 41(11):3880-3894, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31441572.
39. Hutcheson KA, Warneke CL, Yao CMKL, Zaveri J, Elgohari BE, Goepfert R, Hessel AC, Kupferman ME, Lai SY, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, Garden AS, Johnson F, Ferrarotto R, Lewin JS, Gross ND, MD Anderson Head and Neck Cancer Symptom Working Group. Dysphagia After Primary Transoral Robotic Surgery With Neck Dissection vs Nonsurgical Therapy in Patients With Low- to Intermediate-Risk Oropharyngeal Cancer. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 145(11):1053-1063, 2019. PMID: 31556933.
40. Bell AH, Prieto VG, Ferrarotto R, Goepfert RP, Myers JN, Weber R, Bell D. Magnifying Glass on Spiradenoma and Cylindroma Histogenesis and Tumorigenesis Using Systematic Transcriptome Analysis. Ann Diagn Pathol 41:14-23, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31128548.
41. Wang JR, Zafereo ME, Dadu R, Ferrarotto R, Busaidy NL, Lu C, Ahmed S, Gule-Monroe MK, Williams MD, Sturgis EM, Goepfert RP, Gross ND, Lai SY, Gunn GB, Phan J, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD, Morrison WH, Iyer P, Cabanillas ME. Complete surgical resection following neoadjuvant dabrafenib plus trametinib in BRAFV600E-mutated anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid 29(8):1036-1043, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31319771.
42. Amit M, Hutcheson K, Zaveri J, Lewin J, Kupferman ME, Hessel AC, Goepfert RP, Brandon Gunn G, Garden AS, Ferraratto R, Dave Fuller C, Tam S, Gross ND. Patient-Reported Outcomes of Symptom Burden in Patients Receiving Surgical or Nonsurgical Treatment for Low-Intermediate Risk Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Comparative Analysis of a Prospective Registry. Oral Oncol 91:13-20, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30926057.
43. Aggarwal P, Zaveri JS, Goepfert RP, Shi Q, Du XL, Swartz M, Gunn GB, Lai SY, Fuller CD, Hanna EY, Rosenthal DI, Lewin JS, Piller LB, Hutcheson KA. Symptom Burden Associated with Late Lower Cranial Neuropathy in Long-term Oropharyngeal Cancer Survivors. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 144(11):1066-1076, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30193299.
44. Heah H, Goepfert RP, Hutcheson KA, Garden AS, Gunn GB, Fuller CD, Lewin JS, Kupferman ME, Holsinger FC, Hessel AC, Gross ND. Decreased gastrostomy tube incidence and weight loss after transoral robotic surgery for low- to intermediate-risk oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck 40(11):2507-2513, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30102824.
45. Amit M, Boonsripitayanon M, Goepfert RP, Tam S, Busaidy NL, Cabanillas ME, Dadu R, Varghese J, Waguespack SG, Gross ND, Graham P, Williams MD, Sturgis EM, Zafereo ME. Extrathyroidal Extension: Does Strap Muscle Invasion Alone Influence Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer?. Ann Surg Oncol 25(11):3380-3388, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30022274.
46. Tam S, Boonsripitayanon M, Amit M, Fellman BM, Li Y, Busaidy NL, Cabanillas ME, Dadu R, Sherman S, Waguespack SG, Williams MD, Goepfert RP, Gross ND, Perrier ND, Sturgis EM, Zafereo ME. Survival in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Comparing the AJCC Cancer Staging Seventh and Eighth Editions. Thyroid 28(10):1301-1310, 2018. PMID: 30141373.
47. Goepfert RP, Lewin JS, Barrow MP, Warneke CL, Fuller CD, Lai SY, Weber RS, Hutcheson KA. Grading Dysphagia as a Toxicity of Head and Neck Cancer: Differences in Severity Classification based on MBS DIGEST and Clinical CTCAE Grades. Dysphagia 33(2):185-191, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28836005.
48. Goepfert RP, Clayman GL. Management of the Central Compartment in Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma. Eur J Surg Oncol 44(3):327-331, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28964612.
49. MD Anderson Head and Neck Cancer Symptom Working Group, Kamal M, Rosenthal DI, Volpe S, Goepfert RP, Garden AS, Hutcheson KA, Al Feghali KA, Meheissen MAM, Eraj SA, Dursteler AE, Williams B, Smith JB, Aymard JM, Berends J, White AL, Frank SJ, Morrison WH, Cardoso R, Chambers MS, Sturgis EM, Mendoza TR, Lu C, Mohamed ASR, Fuller CD, Gunn GB. Patient Reported Dry Mouth: Instrument Comparison and Model Performance for Correlation with Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors. Radiother Oncol 126(1):75-80, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29229507.
50. Goepfert RP, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, Hanna EY, Lewin JS, Zaveri JS, Hubbard RM, Barrow MP, Hutcheson KA. Symptom burden as a driver of decisional regret in long-term oropharyngeal carcinoma survivors. Head Neck 39(11):2151-2158, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28736965.
51. MD Anderson Head and Neck Cancer Symptom Working Group, Eraj SA, Jomaa MK, Rock CD, Mohamed ASR, Smith BD, Smith JB, Browne T, Cooksey LC, Williams B, Temple B, Preston KE, Aymard JM, Gross ND, Weber RS, Hessel AC, Ferrarotto R, Phan J, Sturgis EM, Hanna EY, Frank SJ, Morrison WH, Goepfert RP, Lai SY, Rosenthal DI, Mendoza TR, Cleeland CS, Hutcheson KA, Fuller CD, Garden AS, Brandon Gunn G. Correction to: Long-term patient reported outcomes following radiation therapy for oropharyngeal cancer: cross-sectional assessment of a prospective symptom survey in patients =65 years old. Radiat Oncol 12(1):186, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29169353.
52. MD Anderson Head and Neck Cancer Symptom Working Group, Eraj SA, Jomaa MK, Rock CD, Mohamed ASR, Smith BD, Smith JB, Browne T, Cooksey LC, Williams B, Temple B, Preston KE, Aymard JM, Gross ND, Weber RS, Hessel AC, Ferrarotto R, Phan J, Sturgis EM, Hanna EY, Frank SJ, Morrison WH, Goepfert RP, Lai SY, Rosenthal DI, Mendoza TR, Cleeland CS, Hutcheson KA, Fuller CD, Garden AS, Gunn GB. Long-term patient reported outcomes following radiation therapy for oropharyngeal cancer: cross-sectional assessment of a prospective symptom survey in patients =65 years old. Radiat Oncol 12(1):150, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28888224.
53. Goepfert RP, Hutcheson KA, Lewin JS, Desai NG, Zafereo ME, Hessel AC, Lewis CM, Weber RS, Gross ND. Complications, hospital length of stay, and readmission after total laryngectomy. Cancer 123(10):1760-1767, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28026864.
54. Goepfert RP, Lewin JS, Barrow MP, Fuller CD, Lai SY, Song J, Hobbs BP, Gunn GB, Beadle BM, Rosenthal DI, Garden AS, Kies MS, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Schwartz DL, Hutcheson KA. Predicting two-year longitudinal MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory outcomes after intensity modulated radiotherapy for locoregionally advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma. Laryngoscope 127(4):842-848, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27440393.
55. Goepfert RP, Lewin JS, Barrow MP, Gunn GB, Fuller CD, Beadle BM, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Kies MS, Papadimitrakopoulou V, Lai SY, Gross ND, Schwartz DL, Hutcheson KA. Long-Term, Prospective Performance of the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory in "Low-Intermediate Risk" Oropharyngeal Carcinoma After Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 97(4):700-708, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27485284.
56. Goepfert RP, Liu C, Ryan WR. Trans-oral robotic surgery and surgeon-performed trans-oral ultrasound for intraoperative location and excision of an isolated retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Am J Otolaryngol 36(5):710-4, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25964171.
57. Davis-Malesevich MV, Goepfert R, Kubik M, Roberts DB, Myers JN, Kupferman ME. Recurrence of cutaneous melanoma of the head and neck after negative sentinel lymph node biopsy. Head Neck 37(8):1116-21, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24764188.
58. Goepfert RP, Yom SS, Ryan WR, Cheung SW. Development of a chemoradiation therapy toxicity staging system for oropharyngeal carcinoma. Laryngoscope 125(4):869-76, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25388529.
59. Goepfert RP, Kezirian EJ, Wang SJ. Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma in young women: a matched comparison-do outcomes justify treatment intensity?. ISRN Otolaryngol 2014:529395, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24734200.

Book Chapters

1. Goepfert RP, Zafereo ME. Cancers of the Head and Neck. In: The MD Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook. Wolters Kluwer, 2018.
2. Goepfert RP, Kupferman ME. Robotic Instrumentation, Personnel, and Operating Room Setup. In: Atlas of Head and Neck Robotic Surgery. Springer International Publishing, 2017.