2024
Short-Term Out-of-Pocket and Total Costs of Care After Ablation, Resection, or Transplant for Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A National SEER-Medicare Cost Comparison.
Charalel R, Mushlin A, Zheng X, Mao J, Carlos R, Brown R, Ibrahim S, Fortune B, Talenfeld A, Madoff D, Johnson M, Sedrakyan A. Short-Term Out-of-Pocket and Total Costs of Care After Ablation, Resection, or Transplant for Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A National SEER-Medicare Cost Comparison. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2024, 223: e2431272. PMID: 38899842, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.24.31272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly-stage hepatocellular carcinomaHepatocellular carcinomaPost-procedure periodIndex procedureOut-of-pocket costsPatient out-of-pocket costsDrivers of high costsDays post-procedureSubgroup of patientsTreated with ablationPropensity-matched subgroupsU.S. population-based studyPopulation-based studySurgical resectionMultivariate linear regression modelSurgical treatmentPrognostic indicatorPost-procedureTreatment modalitiesTreatment optionsSEER-MedicareResectionMultivariate analysisTransplantationPropensity-score
2013
Interventional Radiology in the Multidisciplinary Management of Liver Lesions: Pre- and Postoperative Roles
Ward T, Madoff D, Weintraub J. Interventional Radiology in the Multidisciplinary Management of Liver Lesions: Pre- and Postoperative Roles. Seminars In Liver Disease 2013, 33: 213-225. PMID: 23943102, DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1351778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocoregional therapyHepatobiliary surgeonsPostoperative roleInterventional radiologistsLiver lesionsColorectal cancer metastasisExternal beam radiationMultiple treatment modalitiesNontransplant candidatesTransplant criteriaVascular complicationsPostoperative settingMultidisciplinary managementTreatment modalitiesPreoperative roleComplex careInterventional radiologyRadiation oncologistsCancer metastasisPatientsMultidisciplinary approachResectionTransplantationOncologistsLesions