2022
Evaluation of Racial Disparities in Quality of Care for Patients With Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Treated With Surgery
Bakkila BF, Kerekes D, Nunez-Smith M, Billingsley KG, Ahuja N, Wang K, Oladele C, Johnson CH, Khan SA. Evaluation of Racial Disparities in Quality of Care for Patients With Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Treated With Surgery. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e225664. PMID: 35377425, PMCID: PMC8980937, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.5664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGastrointestinal tract cancerNegative resection marginsTract cancerNegative surgical marginsBlack patientsAdequate lymphadenectomyWhite patientsQuality of careRacial disparitiesSurgical resectionResection marginsSurgical marginsSurgical careNational Cancer DatabaseRetrospective cohort studySite of cancerLonger median survivalHealth careStandard of careCommon age rangeSignificant racial disparitiesAdjuvant chemotherapyBiliary resectionAdjuvant therapyAdult patients
2011
Duodenal Adenocarcinoma: Clinicopathologic Analysis and Implications for Treatment
Poultsides GA, Huang LC, Cameron JL, Tuli R, Lan L, Hruban RH, Pawlik TM, Herman JM, Edil BH, Ahuja N, Choti MA, Wolfgang CL, Schulick RD. Duodenal Adenocarcinoma: Clinicopathologic Analysis and Implications for Treatment. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2011, 19: 1928-1935. PMID: 22167476, PMCID: PMC3663711, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-2168-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuodenal adenocarcinomaOverall survivalLymph nodesMultivariate analysisInvolved lymph nodesSmall bowel adenocarcinomaEffective systemic therapyFive-year survivalOnly independent predictorProlongs overall survivalAmpulla of VaterConclusionsThe prognostic significanceAdjuvant chemoradiationBowel adenocarcinomaUnderwent pancreaticoduodenectomySystemic therapyAdequate lymphadenectomyIndependent predictorsLocal recurrenceNodal metastasisClinicopathologic analysisPrognostic significanceClinicopathologic variablesRare cancersAdenocarcinoma