Treatment of primary nonmetastatic melanoma at high-volume academic facilities is associated with improved long-term patient survival
Cheraghlou S, Agogo GO, Girardi M. Treatment of primary nonmetastatic melanoma at high-volume academic facilities is associated with improved long-term patient survival. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2018, 80: 979-989. PMID: 30365997, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.10.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term patient survivalImproved long-term patient survivalHigh-volume centersPatient survivalCase volumeNonmetastatic melanomasPatient outcomesTop quartileMiddle quartilesLong-term patient outcomesHigh-volume academic centersCenter case volumeFacility case volumeTreatment center characteristicsDisease-specific survivalNational Cancer DatabaseHigh-volume facilitiesCases of melanomaAcademic affiliationImproved survivalCancer careCancer DatabaseImproved outcomesUS adultsAcademic centersComparable perioperative outcomes and mid-term survival in prosthetic valve endocarditis and native valve endocarditis
Mori M, Shioda K, Tiako MJ, Bin Mahmood SU, Mangi AA, Yun JJ, Darr U, Pang PYK, Geirsson A. Comparable perioperative outcomes and mid-term survival in prosthetic valve endocarditis and native valve endocarditis. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2018, 54: 1067-1072. PMID: 29726931, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProsthetic valve endocarditisMid-term survivalNative valve endocarditisTertiary care hospitalKaplan-Meier analysisValve endocarditisOperative mortalityPerioperative outcomesCardiac surgeryCare hospitalOperative outcomesDiagnosis of PVESingle-institutional retrospective reviewCox proportional hazards analysisCox proportional hazards modelCenter case volumeComparable perioperative outcomesMid-term mortalityHigh-risk surgeryProportional hazards analysisMultivariable logistic regressionHazard of deathComplex patient populationLarge observational studiesComposite events
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