2018
Associations Between Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Complications for Patients with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
Killelea BK, Long JB, Dang W, Mougalian SS, Evans SB, Gross CP, Wang SY. Associations Between Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Complications for Patients with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2018, 25: 1521-1529. PMID: 29516364, PMCID: PMC5928184, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-018-6410-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSentinel lymph node biopsyBreast-conserving surgeryLymph node biopsySLNB useNode biopsyWound infectionDuctal carcinomaUse of SLNBEnd Results-Medicare datasetIncidence of complicationsShort-term complicationsMonths of diagnosisOlder patientsSubsequent mastectomyInitial treatmentResultsOur sampleConsensus guidelinesHigh riskOlder womenComplicationsMultivariate analysisPatientsWomenDCISMastectomy
2014
Understanding Regional Variation in Medicare Expenditures for Initial Episodes of Prostate Cancer Care
Wang SY, Wang R, Yu JB, Ma X, Xu X, Kim SP, Soulos PR, Saraf A, Gross CP. Understanding Regional Variation in Medicare Expenditures for Initial Episodes of Prostate Cancer Care. Medical Care 2014, 52: 680-687. PMID: 25023913, PMCID: PMC4129645, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAncillary proceduresPatient characteristicsTreatment modalitiesTreatment intensityEnd Results-Medicare databaseProstate cancer careSpecific treatment modalitiesContribution of patientHospital referral regionsInitial treatmentCancer careInitial episodeNoncancer controlsProstate cancerQuintile 5Referral regionsSubstantial geographic variationCare costsMedicare expendituresCostly modalityTreatment factorsMean expenditureLowest expenditure quintileSurgeryModalities