2020
Association of Survival With Adjuvant Chemotherapy Among Patients With Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer With vs Without High-Risk Clinicopathologic Features
Pathak R, Goldberg SB, Canavan M, Herrin J, Hoag JR, Salazar MC, Papageorge M, Ermer T, Boffa DJ. Association of Survival With Adjuvant Chemotherapy Among Patients With Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer With vs Without High-Risk Clinicopathologic Features. JAMA Oncology 2020, 6: 1741-1750. PMID: 32940636, PMCID: PMC7499246, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.4232.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNode-negative non-small cell lung cancerHigh-risk pathologic featuresNon-small cell lung cancerAdjuvant chemotherapyCell lung cancerPathologic featuresTumor sizeSurvival benefitCohort studyLung cancerNode-negative NSCLCEarly-stage non-small cell lung cancerCox proportional hazards regression modelHigh-risk clinicopathologic featuresProportional hazards regression modelsNational Cancer DatabaseRetrospective cohort studyTreatment-naive patientsAdjuvant chemotherapy useHigh-risk featuresAssociation of survivalHazards regression modelsImmortal time biasChemotherapy useEligible patientsSurvival After Cancer Treatment at Top-Ranked US Cancer Hospitals vs Affiliates of Top-Ranked Cancer Hospitals
Boffa DJ, Mallin K, Herrin J, Resio B, Salazar MC, Palis B, Facktor M, McCabe R, Nelson H, Shulman LN. Survival After Cancer Treatment at Top-Ranked US Cancer Hospitals vs Affiliates of Top-Ranked Cancer Hospitals. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e203942. PMID: 32453382, PMCID: PMC7251445, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.3942.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term survivalCancer HospitalSurgical treatmentShort-term survivalComplex cancer treatmentAffiliate hospitalsCancer treatmentCancer careAdjusted long-term survivalNational Cancer DatabaseAnnual surgical volumeComplex cancer careIndividuals 18 yearsComplex surgical proceduresPerioperative mortalityCohort studyAffiliated HospitalPooled analysisBladder cancerCancer DatabasePatient outcomesSurgical volumeSurgical proceduresMAIN OUTCOMESurvival advantage
2019
Quality Versus Quantity
Chiu AS, Arnold BN, Hoag JR, Herrin J, Kim CH, Salazar MC, Monsalve AF, Jean RA, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Gross CP, Boffa DJ. Quality Versus Quantity. Annals Of Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 29697446, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex cancer surgeryCancer surgerySafe hospitalComplex oncologic surgeryPotential mortality reductionNational Cancer DatabaseHigh-volume hospitalsHospital quality measuresSurgical mortalityPrimary cancerHospital rating systemsOncologic surgeryCancer DatabaseMortality reductionSurgical volumeHospital safetyPatient realignmentPatientsHospitalSurgeryMeaningful reductionPublic reportingMortalityRSMRCancer