2018
Management outcomes of diverticulitis and colitis in patients with active cancer
Horwood C, Wisler J, Byrd S, Woodling K, Schneider E, Rushing A. Management outcomes of diverticulitis and colitis in patients with active cancer. Surgery 2018, 164: 350-353. PMID: 29801733, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.03.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActive cancer diagnosisColonic emergenciesActive cancerNonoperative managementIntensive care unit admissionEmergent general surgeryCare unit admissionPreoperative risk factorsCancer diagnosisNon-operative managementCancer patient populationIntensive care unitNonoperative groupNonoperative patientsUnit admissionPostoperative complicationsCare unitColonic pathologyOperative groupSurgery consultOperative managementPatient populationCancer DatabaseRisk factorsGeneral surgery
2016
Predictors of improved survival for patients with retroperitoneal sarcoma
Giuliano K, Nagarajan N, Canner JK, Wolfgang CL, Bivalacqua T, Terezakis S, Herman J, Schneider EB, Ahuja N. Predictors of improved survival for patients with retroperitoneal sarcoma. Surgery 2016, 160: 1628-1635. PMID: 27495850, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.05.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetroperitoneal sarcomaMultivariable survival analysisSurvival analysisRetroperitoneal sarcoma patientsEnd Results (SEER) databaseOperative resectionImproved survivalLymph nodesSurvival benefitDistant metastasisHistologic typeResults databaseSarcoma patientsRare tumorCancer DatabaseLonger survivalPatientsSarcomaSurvivalParametric survival functionsLocal extensionFurther studiesHigh rateResectionRecurrence