2005
Clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of routine preoperative computed tomography scanning in patients with colon cancer
Mauchley D, Lynge D, Langdale L, Stelzner M, Mock C, Billingsley K. Clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of routine preoperative computed tomography scanning in patients with colon cancer. The American Journal Of Surgery 2005, 189: 512-517. PMID: 15862487, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.01.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative CT scanningRoutine preoperative CT scanningColon cancer patientsCT scanningCancer patientsCT scanClinical utilityPreoperative computed tomography scanningMode of treatmentComputed tomography scanningNontherapeutic operationsConsecutive patientsClinical managementAlters treatmentPatientsColon cancerTomography scanningTreatment planningInstitutional costsScansTreatmentCost savingsCancer
2002
The utility of routine preoperative computed tomography scanning in the management of veterans with colon cancer
Barton J, Langdale L, Cummins J, Stelzner M, Lynge D, Mock C, Nason K, Billingsley K. The utility of routine preoperative computed tomography scanning in the management of veterans with colon cancer. The American Journal Of Surgery 2002, 183: 499-503. PMID: 12034380, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9610(02)00841-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative computed tomography scanningComputed tomography scanningColon cancerClinical managementPreoperative CTRoutine preoperative CT scanningTomography scanningCT scanningRoutine preoperative studiesPreoperative CT scanningPreoperative CT scanManagement of veteransIntraperitoneal colonPreoperative studiesMedical recordsOperative notesCT scanClinical utilityPatientsPreoperative scansCancerAdditional studiesHealthcare systemTreatment planningCTRace, Treatment, and Survival of Veterans With Cancer of the Distal Esophagus and Gastric Cardia
Dominitz J, Maynard C, Billingsley K, Boyko E. Race, Treatment, and Survival of Veterans With Cancer of the Distal Esophagus and Gastric Cardia. Medical Care 2002, 40: i-14. PMID: 11789626, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200201001-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaBlack or African AmericanCarcinoma, Squamous CellCardiaChemotherapy, AdjuvantCohort StudiesEsophageal NeoplasmsEsophagectomyEsophagogastric JunctionHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Services ResearchHospitals, VeteransHumansMaleProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesVeteransWhite PeopleConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaDistal esophageal cancerSurgical resectionBlack patientsRadiation therapyEsophageal cancerEsophageal adenocarcinomaEqual‐access medical systemWhite veteransVeterans Affairs Medical CenterBlack male veteransDistal esophageal adenocarcinomaSurvival of veteransRetrospective cohort studySurvival of patientsCohort studyGastric cardiaDistal esophagusSimilar oddsCell carcinomaCancer survivalMedical CenterInvasive proceduresLower oddsSimilar survival